#ABAB4E#ABAB4E

#ABAB4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.116 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAB4E
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -12.74, 47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 48.80, 105.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0378 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.116 109)
XYZ	xyz(32.7335, 38.3346, 12.8813)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAB4E #4E4EAB

analogous

#AB7D4E #ABAB4E #7DAB4E

triadic

#ABAB4E #4EABAB #AB4EAB

tetradic

#ABAB4E #4EAB7D #4E4EAB #AB4E7D

square

#ABAB4E #4EAB7D #4E4EAB #AB4E7D

split-complementary

#ABAB4E #4E7DAB #7D4EAB

monochromatic

#575728 #81813B #ABAB4E #C0C076 #D4D4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ABAB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#ABAB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAB4E

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAB4E	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abab4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.116 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c383',
    500: '#abab4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abab4e;
$custom-light: #c6c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abab4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 37.349,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72202,
    "c": 0.11618,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.38334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAB4E

secondary

#9494C1

accent

#5ACD5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAB4E

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

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