#ABA53C#ABA53C
#ABA53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ABA53C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(171, 165, 60) |
| HSL | hsl(57, 48%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(57, 65%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 64.9%, 32.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.44, -10.93, 53.23) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.44, 54.34, 101.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.69% -0.0346 0.1205) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.69% 0.125 106) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.0664, 35.8955, 9.5662) |
| Luminance | 0.3589 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.73
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.18
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 5.91
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.29
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 6.37
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 6.49
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ABA53C #3C42AB
analogous
#AB6E3C #ABA53C #79AB3C
triadic
#ABA53C #3CABA5 #A53CAB
tetradic
#ABA53C #3CAB6E #3C42AB #AB3C79
square
#ABA53C #3CAB6E #3C42AB #AB3C79
split-complementary
#ABA53C #3C79AB #6E3CAB
monochromatic
#504E1C #7E792C #ABA53C #C6C15E #D6D28B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.57
#ABA53C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.18
#ABA53C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ABA53C
8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ABA53C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ABA53C | 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)
#B39F2E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A442
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B79A8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aba53c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 60); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 106.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c7bf77',
500: '#aba53c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aba53c; $custom-light: #c7bf77; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aba53c",
"rgb": {
"r": 171,
"g": 165,
"b": 60
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.757,
"s": 48.052,
"l": 45.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70693,
"c": 0.12536,
"h": 106
},
"luminance": 0.35894
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ABA53C
secondary
#8285C1
accent
#57D850
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#131209
muted
#82817B