#ABA539#ABA539

#ABA539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.128 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA539
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 66.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -11.11, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 55.58, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0355 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.128 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9894, 35.8647, 9.1603)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA539 #393FAB

analogous

#AB6C39 #ABA539 #78AB39

triadic

#ABA539 #39ABA5 #A539AB

tetradic

#ABA539 #39AB6C #393FAB #AB3978

square

#ABA539 #39AB6C #393FAB #AB3978

split-complementary

#ABA539 #3978AB #6C39AB

monochromatic

#4F4C1A #7D792A #ABA539 #C8C259 #D7D387

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ABA539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#ABA539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA539

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA539	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)

#B39F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.128 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf75',
    500: '#aba539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba539;
$custom-light: #c7bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70666,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA539

secondary

#7F82C1

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA539

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

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