#ABAE23#ABAE23

#ABAE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; 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	#ABAE23
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -16.78, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 66.61, 104.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0535 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.15 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2352, 39.0523, 7.4296)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE23 #2623AE

analogous

#AE6B23 #ABAE23 #65AE23

triadic

#ABAE23 #23ABAE #AE23AB

tetradic

#ABAE23 #23AE6B #2623AE #AE2365

square

#ABAE23 #23AE6B #2623AE #AE2365

split-complementary

#ABAE23 #2365AE #6B23AE

monochromatic

#47480F #797B19 #ABAE23 #D3D737 #DFE16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ABAE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#ABAE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE23

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE23	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)

#BDAA30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.150 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c56c',
    500: '#abae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae23;
$custom-light: #c8c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.295,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72519,
    "c": 0.14972,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE23

secondary

#6866C7

accent

#3EE942

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE23

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

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