#ABAB2B#ABAB2B

#ABAB2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.143 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAB2B
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -14.94, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 63.06, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0477 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.143 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7947, 37.9591, 7.9370)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAB2B #2B2BAB

analogous

#AB6B2B #ABAB2B #6BAB2B

triadic

#ABAB2B #2BABAB #AB2BAB

tetradic

#ABAB2B #2BAB6B #2B2BAB #AB2B6B

square

#ABAB2B #2BAB6B #2B2BAB #AB2B6B

split-complementary

#ABAB2B #2B6BAB #6B2BAB

monochromatic

#494912 #7A7A1F #ABAB2B #D0D043 #DCDC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ABAB2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#ABAB2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAB2B

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAB2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAB2B	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A40E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abab2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.143 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c36f',
    500: '#abab2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abab2b;
$custom-light: #c8c36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abab2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71893,
    "c": 0.1427,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAB2B

secondary

#6E6EC4

accent

#45E345

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAB2B

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

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