#ABA856#ABA856

#ABA856 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.105 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA856
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 49.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -10.48, 42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 43.63, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0305 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.105 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4777, 37.3359, 14.2980)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA856 #5659AB

analogous

#AB7D56 #ABA856 #84AB56

triadic

#ABA856 #56ABA8 #A856AB

tetradic

#ABA856 #56AB7D #5659AB #AB5684

square

#ABA856 #56AB7D #5659AB #AB5684

split-complementary

#ABA856 #5684AB #7D56AB

monochromatic

#5A582D #838041 #ABA856 #BFBD7F #D4D2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#ABA856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#ABA856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA856

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA856	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.105 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c188',
    500: '#aba856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba856;
$custom-light: #c6c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.882,
    "s": 33.597,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71643,
    "c": 0.10489,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA856

secondary

#9B9DC1

accent

#62CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA856

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

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