#ABAE26#ABAE26

#ABAE26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.148 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE26
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 38)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -16.68, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 65.75, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0529 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.148 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2817, 39.0709, 7.6743)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE26 #2926AE

analogous

#AE6D26 #ABAE26 #67AE26

triadic

#ABAE26 #26ABAE #AE26AB

tetradic

#ABAE26 #26AE6D #2926AE #AE2667

square

#ABAE26 #26AE6D #2926AE #AE2667

split-complementary

#ABAE26 #2667AE #6D26AE

monochromatic

#484A10 #7A7C1B #ABAE26 #D1D53D #DDE06F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ABAE26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#ABAE26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE26

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE26	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)

#BDAA32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.148 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c56d',
    500: '#abae26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae26;
$custom-light: #c8c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.324,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72534,
    "c": 0.14831,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE26

secondary

#6C6AC6

accent

#41E744

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE26

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

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