#ABAB36#ABAB36

#ABAB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.136 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAB36
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -14.40, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 59.11, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0451 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.136 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0244, 38.0510, 9.1470)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAB36 #3636AB

analogous

#AB7136 #ABAB36 #71AB36

triadic

#ABAB36 #36ABAB #AB36AB

tetradic

#ABAB36 #36AB71 #3636AB #AB3671

square

#ABAB36 #36AB71 #3636AB #AB3671

split-complementary

#ABAB36 #3671AB #7136AB

monochromatic

#4E4E19 #7C7C27 #ABAB36 #C9C955 #D8D883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ABAB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#ABAB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAB36

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAB36	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.136 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c374',
    500: '#abab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abab36;
$custom-light: #c7c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71969,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAB36

secondary

#7B7BC2

accent

#4CDB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAB36

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

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