#ABA53B#ABA53B

#ABA53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.126 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA53B
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 65.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -10.99, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 54.76, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0349 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.126 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0403, 35.8850, 9.4283)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA53B #3B41AB

analogous

#AB6D3B #ABA53B #79AB3B

triadic

#ABA53B #3BABA5 #A53BAB

tetradic

#ABA53B #3BAB6D #3B41AB #AB3B79

square

#ABA53B #3BAB6D #3B41AB #AB3B79

split-complementary

#ABA53B #3B79AB #6D3BAB

monochromatic

#504D1C #7D792B #ABA53B #C7C15C #D7D28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ABA53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#ABA53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA53B

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA53B	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.126 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf76',
    500: '#aba53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba53b;
$custom-light: #c7bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.786,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70684,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA53B

secondary

#8184C1

accent

#57D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA53B

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

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