#ABA537#ABA537

#ABA537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.129 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA537
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -11.22, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 56.39, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.036 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.129 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9405, 35.8451, 8.9027)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA537 #373DAB

analogous

#AB6B37 #ABA537 #77AB37

triadic

#ABA537 #37ABA5 #A537AB

tetradic

#ABA537 #37AB6B #373DAB #AB3777

square

#ABA537 #37AB6B #373DAB #AB3777

split-complementary

#ABA537 #3777AB #6B37AB

monochromatic

#4E4C19 #7D7828 #ABA537 #C9C356 #D8D385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ABA537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#ABA537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA537

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA537	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.129 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf74',
    500: '#aba537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba537;
$custom-light: #c7bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7065,
    "c": 0.1291,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA537

secondary

#7C80C1

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA537

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

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