#ABA942#ABA942

#ABA942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.125 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA942
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 61.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -12.62, 51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 53.37, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0388 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.125 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9669, 37.4281, 10.6936)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA942 #4244AB

analogous

#AB7542 #ABA942 #79AB42

triadic

#ABA942 #42ABA9 #A942AB

tetradic

#ABA942 #42AB75 #4244AB #AB4279

square

#ABA942 #42AB75 #4244AB #AB4279

split-complementary

#ABA942 #4279AB #7542AB

monochromatic

#535220 #7F7D31 #ABA942 #C4C266 #D5D492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#ABA942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#ABA942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA942

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA942	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.125 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c27b',
    500: '#aba942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba942;
$custom-light: #c7c27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.857,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71631,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA942

secondary

#8889C0

accent

#56D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA942

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

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