#ABA978#ABA978

#ABA978 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.067 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA978
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 120)
HSL	hsl(58, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 30%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 29.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -7.17, 25.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 26.60, 105.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0183 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.067 106)
XYZ	xyz(34.3729, 38.3905, 23.3650)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA978 #787AAB

analogous

#AB9078 #ABA978 #94AB78

triadic

#ABA978 #78ABA9 #A978AB

tetradic

#ABA978 #78AB90 #787AAB #AB7894

square

#ABA978 #78AB90 #787AAB #AB7894

split-complementary

#ABA978 #7894AB #9078AB

monochromatic

#686641 #8E8C58 #ABA978 #C2C19E #DAD9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ABA978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#ABA978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA978

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA978	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.067 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c29f',
    500: '#aba978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba978;
$custom-light: #c4c29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.647,
    "s": 23.288,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72426,
    "c": 0.06663,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.3839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA978

secondary

#B5B6CA

accent

#6BC068

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA978

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

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