#ABA659#ABA659

#ABA659 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.100 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA659
RGB	rgb(171, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 48%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -9.14, 40.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 41.26, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0263 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.1 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2347, 36.6525, 14.8259)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA659 #595EAB

analogous

#AB7D59 #ABA659 #87AB59

triadic

#ABA659 #59ABA6 #A659AB

tetradic

#ABA659 #59AB7D #595EAB #AB5987

square

#ABA659 #59AB7D #595EAB #AB5987

split-complementary

#ABA659 #5987AB #7D59AB

monochromatic

#5B592E #848043 #ABA659 #C0BC82 #D4D2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#ABA659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#ABA659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA659

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA659	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.100 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c08a',
    500: '#aba659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba659;
$custom-light: #c6c08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.341,
    "s": 32.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71247,
    "c": 0.09951,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA659

secondary

#9EA0C2

accent

#65C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA659

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

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