#ABA82A#ABA82A

#ABA82A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.140 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA82A
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 75.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -13.43, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 62.28, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0435 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.14 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2164, 36.8314, 7.6549)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA82A #2A2DAB

analogous

#AB682A #ABA82A #6EAB2A

triadic

#ABA82A #2AABA8 #A82AAB

tetradic

#ABA82A #2AAB68 #2A2DAB #AB2A6E

square

#ABA82A #2AAB68 #2A2DAB #AB2A6E

split-complementary

#ABA82A #2A6EAB #682AAB

monochromatic

#494712 #7A781E #ABA82A #D1CD42 #DDDA73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ABA82A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#ABA82A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA82A

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA82A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA82A	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A10D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba82a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.140 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c16e',
    500: '#aba82a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba82a;
$custom-light: #c8c16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba82a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71221,
    "c": 0.1403,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA82A

secondary

#6D6FC4

accent

#48E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA82A

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

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