#ABA940#ABA940

#ABA940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.126 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA940
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 62.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -12.75, 52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 54.23, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0394 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.126 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9090, 37.4050, 10.3885)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA940 #4042AB

analogous

#AB7340 #ABA940 #77AB40

triadic

#ABA940 #40ABA9 #A940AB

tetradic

#ABA940 #40AB73 #4042AB #AB4077

square

#ABA940 #40AB73 #4042AB #AB4077

split-complementary

#ABA940 #4077AB #7340AB

monochromatic

#52511F #7E7D2F #ABA940 #C5C363 #D5D490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#ABA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#ABA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA940

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA940	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.126 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c27a',
    500: '#aba940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba940;
$custom-light: #c7c27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71612,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA940

secondary

#8687C1

accent

#55D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA940

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

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