#ABAB2C#ABAB2C

#ABAB2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.142 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAB2C
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -14.89, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 62.73, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0474 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.142 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8133, 37.9666, 8.0348)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAB2C #2C2CAB

analogous

#AB6C2C #ABAB2C #6CAB2C

triadic

#ABAB2C #2CABAB #AB2CAB

tetradic

#ABAB2C #2CAB6C #2C2CAB #AB2C6C

square

#ABAB2C #2CAB6C #2C2CAB #AB2C6C

split-complementary

#ABAB2C #2C6CAB #6C2CAB

monochromatic

#4A4A13 #7A7A1F #ABAB2C #CFCF45 #DCDC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ABAB2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#ABAB2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAB2C

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAB2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAB2C	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)

#B9A410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abab2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.142 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c36f',
    500: '#abab2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abab2c;
$custom-light: #c8c36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abab2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71899,
    "c": 0.14214,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAB2C

secondary

#6F6FC3

accent

#46E246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAB2C

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

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