#ABAC21#ABAC21

#ABAC21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.149 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAC21
RGB	rgb(171, 172, 33)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 80.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -15.83, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 66.44, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.051 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.149 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8228, 38.2737, 7.1498)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAC21 #2221AC

analogous

#AC6821 #ABAC21 #65AC21

triadic

#ABAC21 #21ABAC #AC21AB

tetradic

#ABAC21 #21AC68 #2221AC #AC2165

square

#ABAC21 #21AC68 #2221AC #AC2165

split-complementary

#ABAC21 #2165AC #6821AC

monochromatic

#45450D #787917 #ABAC21 #D7D832 #E1E266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ABAC21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#ABAC21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAC21

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAC21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAC21	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abac21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 172, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.149 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c46a',
    500: '#abac21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abac21;
$custom-light: #c8c46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abac21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.432,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72063,
    "c": 0.14863,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAC21

secondary

#6362C7

accent

#3DEB3E

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAC21

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

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