#ABA556#ABA556

#ABA556 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.102 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA556
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 49.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -8.90, 41.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 42.32, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.026 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.102 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9303, 36.2410, 14.1155)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA556 #565CAB

analogous

#AB7A56 #ABA556 #86AB56

triadic

#ABA556 #56ABA5 #A556AB

tetradic

#ABA556 #56AB7A #565CAB #AB5686

square

#ABA556 #56AB7A #565CAB #AB5686

split-complementary

#ABA556 #5686AB #7A56AB

monochromatic

#5A572D #837E41 #ABA556 #BFBB7F #D4D1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ABA556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#ABA556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA556

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA556	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.102 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf87',
    500: '#aba556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba556;
$custom-light: #c6bf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.765,
    "s": 33.597,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70988,
    "c": 0.10157,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA556

secondary

#9B9EC1

accent

#66CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA556

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

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