#ABA559#ABA559

#ABA559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.098 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA559
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 48%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -8.61, 39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 40.82, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0248 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.098 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0537, 36.2904, 14.7655)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA559 #595FAB

analogous

#AB7C59 #ABA559 #88AB59

triadic

#ABA559 #59ABA5 #A559AB

tetradic

#ABA559 #59AB7C #595FAB #AB5988

square

#ABA559 #59AB7C #595FAB #AB5988

split-complementary

#ABA559 #5988AB #7C59AB

monochromatic

#5B582E #847F43 #ABA559 #C0BB82 #D4D1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#ABA559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#ABA559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA559

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA559	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.098 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf89',
    500: '#aba559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba559;
$custom-light: #c6bf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 32.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71029,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA559

secondary

#9EA0C2

accent

#67C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA559

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

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