#ABA557#ABA557

#ABA557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.101 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA557
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 49.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -8.80, 40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 41.82, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0256 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.101 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9708, 36.2572, 14.3292)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA557 #575DAB

analogous

#AB7B57 #ABA557 #87AB57

triadic

#ABA557 #57ABA5 #A557AB

tetradic

#ABA557 #57AB7B #575DAB #AB5787

square

#ABA557 #57AB7B #575DAB #AB5787

split-complementary

#ABA557 #5787AB #7B57AB

monochromatic

#5A572D #837F42 #ABA557 #BFBB80 #D4D1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ABA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#ABA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA557

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA557	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)

#B1A050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.101 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf88',
    500: '#aba557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba557;
$custom-light: #c6bf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71001,
    "c": 0.10053,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA557

secondary

#9C9FC2

accent

#66C95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA557

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

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