#ABAB38#ABAB38

#ABAB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.134 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAB38
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -14.28, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 58.34, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0445 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.134 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0724, 38.0702, 9.3994)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAB38 #3838AB

analogous

#AB7238 #ABAB38 #72AB38

triadic

#ABAB38 #38ABAB #AB38AB

tetradic

#ABAB38 #38AB72 #3838AB #AB3872

square

#ABAB38 #38AB72 #3838AB #AB3872

split-complementary

#ABAB38 #3872AB #7238AB

monochromatic

#4F4F1A #7D7D29 #ABAB38 #C8C858 #D7D786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ABAB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#ABAB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAB38

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAB38	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)

#B9A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.134 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c375',
    500: '#abab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abab38;
$custom-light: #c7c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71985,
    "c": 0.13446,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAB38

secondary

#7D7DC1

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAB38

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

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