#ABA52C#ABA52C

#ABA52C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.136 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA52C
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 74.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -11.79, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 60.52, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0387 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.136 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7056, 35.7512, 7.6656)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA52C #2C32AB

analogous

#AB652C #ABA52C #72AB2C

triadic

#ABA52C #2CABA5 #A52CAB

tetradic

#ABA52C #2CAB65 #2C32AB #AB2C72

square

#ABA52C #2CAB65 #2C32AB #AB2C72

split-complementary

#ABA52C #2C72AB #652CAB

monochromatic

#4A4713 #7A761F #ABA52C #CFC945 #DCD776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ABA52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#ABA52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA52C

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA52C	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.136 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf6e',
    500: '#aba52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba52c;
$custom-light: #c8bf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70569,
    "c": 0.13628,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA52C

secondary

#6F73C3

accent

#4DE246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA52C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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