#ABA931#ABA931

#ABA931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.137 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA931
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -13.63, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 60.22, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0434 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.137 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5381, 37.2566, 8.4351)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA931 #3133AB

analogous

#AB6C31 #ABA931 #70AB31

triadic

#ABA931 #31ABA9 #A931AB

tetradic

#ABA931 #31AB6C #3133AB #AB3170

square

#ABA931 #31AB6C #3133AB #AB3170

split-complementary

#ABA931 #3170AB #6C31AB

monochromatic

#4C4B16 #7B7A23 #ABA931 #CCCA4D #DAD87D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#ABA931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#ABA931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA931

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA931	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.137 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c271',
    500: '#aba931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba931;
$custom-light: #c7c271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71488,
    "c": 0.13713,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA931

secondary

#7577C2

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA931

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

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