#ABAE21#ABAE21

#ABAE21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.151 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE21
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 33)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -16.85, 65.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 67.16, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0538 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.151 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2063, 39.0407, 7.2776)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE21 #2421AE

analogous

#AE6B21 #ABAE21 #64AE21

triadic

#ABAE21 #21ABAE #AE21AB

tetradic

#ABAE21 #21AE6B #2421AE #AE2164

square

#ABAE21 #21AE6B #2421AE #AE2164

split-complementary

#ABAE21 #2164AE #6B21AE

monochromatic

#46470D #787B17 #ABAE21 #D5D834 #E0E267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ABAE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#ABAE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE21

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE21	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.151 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c56b',
    500: '#abae21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae21;
$custom-light: #c8c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.277,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7251,
    "c": 0.1506,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE21

secondary

#6563C8

accent

#3DEB41

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE21

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

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