#ABAA37#ABAA37

#ABAA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.134 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAA37
RGB	rgb(171, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -13.82, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 58.33, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0434 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.134 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8600, 37.6842, 9.2092)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAA37 #3738AB

analogous

#AB7037 #ABAA37 #72AB37

triadic

#ABAA37 #37ABAA #AA37AB

tetradic

#ABAA37 #37AB70 #3738AB #AB3772

square

#ABAA37 #37AB70 #3738AB #AB3772

split-complementary

#ABAA37 #3772AB #7037AB

monochromatic

#4E4E19 #7D7C28 #ABAA37 #C9C856 #D8D785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ABAA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#ABAA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAA37

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAA37	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)

#B8A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abaa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.134 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c375',
    500: '#abaa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abaa37;
$custom-light: #c7c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abaa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.483,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71755,
    "c": 0.13413,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAA37

secondary

#7C7DC1

accent

#4EDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAA37

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

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