#ABAE22#ABAE22

#ABAE22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.150 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE22
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 34)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -16.82, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 66.89, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0536 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.15 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2206, 39.0464, 7.3525)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE22 #2522AE

analogous

#AE6B22 #ABAE22 #65AE22

triadic

#ABAE22 #22ABAE #AE22AB

tetradic

#ABAE22 #22AE6B #2522AE #AE2265

square

#ABAE22 #22AE6B #2522AE #AE2265

split-complementary

#ABAE22 #2265AE #6B22AE

monochromatic

#46480E #797B18 #ABAE22 #D4D836 #DFE269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ABAE22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#ABAE22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE22

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE22	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: #abae22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.150 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c56b',
    500: '#abae22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae22;
$custom-light: #c8c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72515,
    "c": 0.15017,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE22

secondary

#6764C7

accent

#3EEA41

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE22

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

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