#ABA937#ABA937

#ABA937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.133 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA937
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -13.31, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 57.94, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0419 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.133 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6733, 37.3107, 9.1469)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA937 #3739AB

analogous

#AB6F37 #ABA937 #73AB37

triadic

#ABA937 #37ABA9 #A937AB

tetradic

#ABA937 #37AB6F #3739AB #AB3773

square

#ABA937 #37AB6F #3739AB #AB3773

split-complementary

#ABA937 #3773AB #6F37AB

monochromatic

#4E4D19 #7D7B28 #ABA937 #C9C756 #D8D685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#ABA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#ABA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA937

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA937	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.133 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c275',
    500: '#aba937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba937;
$custom-light: #c7c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71533,
    "c": 0.13311,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA937

secondary

#7C7EC1

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA937

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

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