#ABAC36#ABAC36

#ABAC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.137 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAC36
RGB	rgb(171, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -14.91, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 59.51, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0465 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.137 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2140, 38.4302, 9.2102)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAC36 #3736AC

analogous

#AC7236 #ABAC36 #70AC36

triadic

#ABAC36 #36ABAC #AC36AB

tetradic

#ABAC36 #36AC72 #3736AC #AC3670

square

#ABAC36 #36AC72 #3736AC #AC3670

split-complementary

#ABAC36 #3670AC #7236AC

monochromatic

#4E4F19 #7D7D27 #ABAC36 #C9CA55 #D8D884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ABAC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#ABAC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAC36

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAC36	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.137 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c474',
    500: '#abac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abac36;
$custom-light: #c7c474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.508,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72191,
    "c": 0.1369,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAC36

secondary

#7C7CC2

accent

#4CDC4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAC36

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

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