#ABA538#ABA538

#ABA538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.128 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA538
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -11.17, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 55.99, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0358 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.128 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9647, 35.8548, 9.0302)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA538 #383EAB

analogous

#AB6C38 #ABA538 #77AB38

triadic

#ABA538 #38ABA5 #A538AB

tetradic

#ABA538 #38AB6C #383EAB #AB3877

square

#ABA538 #38AB6C #383EAB #AB3877

split-complementary

#ABA538 #3877AB #6C38AB

monochromatic

#4F4C1A #7D7929 #ABA538 #C8C258 #D7D386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ABA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#ABA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA538

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA538	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)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.128 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf75',
    500: '#aba538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba538;
$custom-light: #c7bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.87,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70658,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA538

secondary

#7D81C1

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA538

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

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