#ABA53E#ABA53E
#ABA53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.124 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ABA53E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(171, 165, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(57, 47%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(57, 64%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 63.7%, 32.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.46, -10.80, 52.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.46, 53.49, 101.65°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.71% -0.0341 0.119) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.71% 0.124 106) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.1203, 35.9170, 9.8499) |
| Luminance | 0.3592 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.94
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.41
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 5.66
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.41
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 6.47
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 6.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ABA53E #3E44AB
analogous
#AB6E3E #ABA53E #7AAB3E
triadic
#ABA53E #3EABA5 #A53EAB
tetradic
#ABA53E #3EAB6E #3E44AB #AB3E7A
square
#ABA53E #3EAB6E #3E44AB #AB3E7A
split-complementary
#ABA53E #3E7AAB #6E3EAB
monochromatic
#514E1D #7E7A2E #ABA53E #C6C061 #D6D28E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.57
#ABA53E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.18
#ABA53E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ABA53E
8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ABA53E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ABA53E | 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)
#B39F31
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A444
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B79A8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aba53e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.124 106.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c7bf78',
500: '#aba53e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aba53e; $custom-light: #c7bf78; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aba53e",
"rgb": {
"r": 171,
"g": 165,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.697,
"s": 46.781,
"l": 45.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70711,
"c": 0.12379,
"h": 106
},
"luminance": 0.35916
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ABA53E
secondary
#8487C1
accent
#59D651
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7EE
border
#D1D0C9
text
#131209
muted
#82817B