#ABAB2E#ABAB2E

#ABAB2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.141 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAB2E
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -14.80, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 62.04, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.047 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.141 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8518, 37.9820, 8.2376)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAB2E #2E2EAB

analogous

#AB6C2E #ABAB2E #6CAB2E

triadic

#ABAB2E #2EABAB #AB2EAB

tetradic

#ABAB2E #2EAB6C #2E2EAB #AB2E6C

square

#ABAB2E #2EAB6C #2E2EAB #AB2E6C

split-complementary

#ABAB2E #2E6CAB #6C2EAB

monochromatic

#4B4B14 #7B7B21 #ABAB2E #CECE48 #DBDB79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ABAB2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#ABAB2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAB2E

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAB2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAB2E	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abab2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.141 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c370',
    500: '#abab2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abab2e;
$custom-light: #c7c370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abab2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.604,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71912,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAB2E

secondary

#7272C3

accent

#47E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAB2E

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

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