#ABAB31#ABAB31

#ABAB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.139 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAB31
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -14.66, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 60.98, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0463 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.139 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9130, 38.0064, 8.5600)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAB31 #3131AB

analogous

#AB6E31 #ABAB31 #6EAB31

triadic

#ABAB31 #31ABAB #AB31AB

tetradic

#ABAB31 #31AB6E #3131AB #AB316E

square

#ABAB31 #31AB6E #3131AB #AB316E

split-complementary

#ABAB31 #316EAB #6E31AB

monochromatic

#4C4C16 #7B7B23 #ABAB31 #CCCC4D #DADA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ABAB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#ABAB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAB31

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAB31	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)

#B9A41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.139 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c372',
    500: '#abab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abab31;
$custom-light: #c7c372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71932,
    "c": 0.13914,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAB31

secondary

#7575C2

accent

#49DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAB31

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

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