#ABA642#ABA642

#ABA642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.122 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA642
RGB	rgb(171, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 61.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -11.05, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 52.14, 102.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0343 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.122 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4152, 36.3247, 10.5097)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA642 #4247AB

analogous

#AB7242 #ABA642 #7CAB42

triadic

#ABA642 #42ABA6 #A642AB

tetradic

#ABA642 #42AB72 #4247AB #AB427C

square

#ABA642 #42AB72 #4247AB #AB427C

split-complementary

#ABA642 #427CAB #7242AB

monochromatic

#535020 #7F7B31 #ABA642 #C4C066 #D5D292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#ABA642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#ABA642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA642

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA642	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)

#B3A036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.122 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c07b',
    500: '#aba642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba642;
$custom-light: #c7c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7097,
    "c": 0.12153,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA642

secondary

#888BC0

accent

#5AD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA642

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

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