#ABA53D#ABA53D

#ABA53D 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	#ABA53D
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 64.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -10.86, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 53.91, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0344 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.125 106)
XYZ	xyz(31.0931, 35.9062, 9.7067)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA53D #3D43AB

analogous

#AB6E3D #ABA53D #7AAB3D

triadic

#ABA53D #3DABA5 #A53DAB

tetradic

#ABA53D #3DAB6E #3D43AB #AB3D7A

square

#ABA53D #3DAB6E #3D43AB #AB3D7A

split-complementary

#ABA53D #3D7AAB #6E3DAB

monochromatic

#514E1D #7E792D #ABA53D #C6C05F #D6D28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ABA53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#ABA53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA53D

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA53D	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)

#B39F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf78',
    500: '#aba53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba53d;
$custom-light: #c7bf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.727,
    "s": 47.414,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70702,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.35905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA53D

secondary

#8386C1

accent

#58D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA53D

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

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