#ABA638#ABA638

#ABA638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.129 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA638
RGB	rgb(171, 166, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -11.69, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 56.37, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0372 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.129 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1458, 36.2169, 9.0906)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA638 #383DAB

analogous

#AB6C38 #ABA638 #77AB38

triadic

#ABA638 #38ABA6 #A638AB

tetradic

#ABA638 #38AB6C #383DAB #AB3877

square

#ABA638 #38AB6C #383DAB #AB3877

split-complementary

#ABA638 #3877AB #6C38AB

monochromatic

#4F4C1A #7D7929 #ABA638 #C8C358 #D7D486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ABA638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#ABA638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA638

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA638	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 166, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.129 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c075',
    500: '#aba638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba638;
$custom-light: #c7c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70878,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA638

secondary

#7D80C1

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA638

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

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