#ABAC2A#ABAC2A

#ABAC2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.144 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAC2A
RGB	rgb(171, 172, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -15.49, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 63.76, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0493 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.144 110)
XYZ	xyz(31.9662, 38.3311, 7.9048)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAC2A #2B2AAC

analogous

#AC6C2A #ABAC2A #6AAC2A

triadic

#ABAC2A #2AABAC #AC2AAB

tetradic

#ABAC2A #2AAC6C #2B2AAC #AC2A6A

square

#ABAC2A #2AAC6C #2B2AAC #AC2A6A

split-complementary

#ABAC2A #2A6AAC #6C2AAC

monochromatic

#494A12 #7A7B1E #ABAC2A #D0D142 #DCDD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ABAC2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#ABAC2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAC2A

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAC2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAC2A	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)

#BAA40A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abac2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 172, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.144 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c46e',
    500: '#abac2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abac2a;
$custom-light: #c8c46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abac2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.462,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7211,
    "c": 0.14424,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.3833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAC2A

secondary

#6E6DC4

accent

#44E445

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAC2A

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

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