#ABA540#ABA540

#ABA540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.122 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA540
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 62.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -10.66, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 52.62, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0335 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.122 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1762, 35.9394, 10.1443)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA540 #4046AB

analogous

#AB6F40 #ABA540 #7BAB40

triadic

#ABA540 #40ABA5 #A540AB

tetradic

#ABA540 #40AB6F #4046AB #AB407B

square

#ABA540 #40AB6F #4046AB #AB407B

split-complementary

#ABA540 #407BAB #6F40AB

monochromatic

#524F1F #7E7A2F #ABA540 #C5BF63 #D5D290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ABA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#ABA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA540

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA540	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.122 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf79',
    500: '#aba540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba540;
$custom-light: #c7bf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.636,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7073,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA540

secondary

#8689C1

accent

#5AD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA540

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

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