#ABA956#ABA956

#ABA956 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.106 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA956
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 49.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -11.00, 42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 44.08, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.032 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.106 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6630, 37.7066, 14.3598)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA956 #5658AB

analogous

#AB7E56 #ABA956 #82AB56

triadic

#ABA956 #56ABA9 #A956AB

tetradic

#ABA956 #56AB7E #5658AB #AB5682

square

#ABA956 #56AB7E #5658AB #AB5682

split-complementary

#ABA956 #5682AB #7E56AB

monochromatic

#5A592D #838141 #ABA956 #BFBE7F #D4D3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ABA956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#ABA956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA956

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA956	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.106 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c288',
    500: '#aba956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba956;
$custom-light: #c6c288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.588,
    "s": 33.597,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71862,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA956

secondary

#9B9CC1

accent

#61CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA956

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

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