#ABA949#ABA949

#ABA949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.119 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA949
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 57.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -12.10, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 50.24, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0365 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.119 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1861, 37.5158, 11.8478)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA949 #494BAB

analogous

#AB7849 #ABA949 #7CAB49

triadic

#ABA949 #49ABA9 #A949AB

tetradic

#ABA949 #49AB78 #494BAB #AB497C

square

#ABA949 #49AB78 #494BAB #AB497C

split-complementary

#ABA949 #497CAB #7849AB

monochromatic

#555424 #807F37 #ABA949 #C2C06F #D4D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#ABA949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#ABA949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA949

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA949	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.119 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c27f',
    500: '#aba949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba949;
$custom-light: #c6c27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 40.164,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71704,
    "c": 0.1186,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA949

secondary

#8F90C0

accent

#5AD058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA949

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

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