#ABA838#ABA838

#ABA838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.131 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA838
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -12.73, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 57.15, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0402 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.131 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5121, 36.9497, 9.2127)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA838 #383BAB

analogous

#AB6F38 #ABA838 #75AB38

triadic

#ABA838 #38ABA8 #A838AB

tetradic

#ABA838 #38AB6F #383BAB #AB3875

square

#ABA838 #38AB6F #383BAB #AB3875

split-complementary

#ABA838 #3875AB #6F38AB

monochromatic

#4F4D1A #7D7B29 #ABA838 #C8C558 #D7D586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ABA838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#ABA838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA838

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA838	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)

#B6A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.131 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c175',
    500: '#aba838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba838;
$custom-light: #c7c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.435,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7132,
    "c": 0.13138,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA838

secondary

#7D7FC1

accent

#51DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA838

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

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