#ABAC31#ABAC31

#ABAC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.140 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAC31
RGB	rgb(171, 172, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 71.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -15.17, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 61.37, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0477 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.14 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1026, 38.3856, 8.6232)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAC31 #3231AC

analogous

#AC6F31 #ABAC31 #6DAC31

triadic

#ABAC31 #31ABAC #AC31AB

tetradic

#ABAC31 #31AC6F #3231AC #AC316D

square

#ABAC31 #31AC6F #3231AC #AC316D

split-complementary

#ABAC31 #316DAC #6F31AC

monochromatic

#4C4D16 #7C7C23 #ABAC31 #CBCC4E #D9DA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ABAC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#ABAC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAC31

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAC31	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abac31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 172, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.140 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c472',
    500: '#abac31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abac31;
$custom-light: #c7c472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abac31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.488,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72155,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAC31

secondary

#7776C3

accent

#49DF4A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAC31

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

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