#ABA738#ABA738

#ABA738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.130 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA738
RGB	rgb(171, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -12.21, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 56.76, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0387 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.13 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3282, 36.5819, 9.1514)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA738 #383CAB

analogous

#AB6E38 #ABA738 #76AB38

triadic

#ABA738 #38ABA7 #A738AB

tetradic

#ABA738 #38AB6E #383CAB #AB3876

square

#ABA738 #38AB6E #383CAB #AB3876

split-complementary

#ABA738 #3876AB #6E38AB

monochromatic

#4F4D1A #7D7A29 #ABA738 #C8C458 #D7D586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#ABA738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#ABA738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA738

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA738	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.130 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c075',
    500: '#aba738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba738;
$custom-light: #c7c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.913,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71099,
    "c": 0.13037,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA738

secondary

#7D80C1

accent

#53DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA738

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

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