#ABA837#ABA837

#ABA837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.132 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA837
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -12.79, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 57.55, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0404 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.132 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4879, 36.9400, 9.0852)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA837 #373AAB

analogous

#AB6E37 #ABA837 #74AB37

triadic

#ABA837 #37ABA8 #A837AB

tetradic

#ABA837 #37AB6E #373AAB #AB3774

square

#ABA837 #37AB6E #373AAB #AB3774

split-complementary

#ABA837 #3774AB #6E37AB

monochromatic

#4E4D19 #7D7B28 #ABA837 #C9C656 #D8D685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ABA837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#ABA837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA837

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA837	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.132 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c174',
    500: '#aba837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba837;
$custom-light: #c7c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.448,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71312,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA837

secondary

#7C7EC1

accent

#51DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA837

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

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