#ABA938#ABA938

#ABA938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.132 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA938
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -13.25, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 57.54, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0416 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.132 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6975, 37.3204, 9.2745)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA938 #383AAB

analogous

#AB7038 #ABA938 #73AB38

triadic

#ABA938 #38ABA9 #A938AB

tetradic

#ABA938 #38AB70 #383AAB #AB3873

square

#ABA938 #38AB70 #383AAB #AB3873

split-complementary

#ABA938 #3873AB #7038AB

monochromatic

#4F4E1A #7D7B29 #ABA938 #C8C658 #D7D686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#ABA938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#ABA938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA938

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA938	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)

#B7A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.132 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c275',
    500: '#aba938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba938;
$custom-light: #c7c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71541,
    "c": 0.1324,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA938

secondary

#7D7FC1

accent

#50DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA938

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

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