#ABA531#ABA531

#ABA531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.133 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA531
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -11.55, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 58.72, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0376 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.133 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8053, 35.7910, 8.1908)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA531 #3137AB

analogous

#AB6831 #ABA531 #74AB31

triadic

#ABA531 #31ABA5 #A531AB

tetradic

#ABA531 #31AB68 #3137AB #AB3174

square

#ABA531 #31AB68 #3137AB #AB3174

split-complementary

#ABA531 #3174AB #6831AB

monochromatic

#4C4916 #7B7723 #ABA531 #CCC64D #DAD57D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ABA531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#ABA531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA531

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA531	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.133 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf71',
    500: '#aba531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba531;
$custom-light: #c7bf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70603,
    "c": 0.1332,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA531

secondary

#7579C2

accent

#50DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA531

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

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