#ABAE27#ABAE27

#ABAE27 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 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE27
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -16.64, 63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 65.45, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0527 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.148 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2980, 39.0774, 7.7604)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE27 #2A27AE

analogous

#AE6E27 #ABAE27 #68AE27

triadic

#ABAE27 #27ABAE #AE27AB

tetradic

#ABAE27 #27AE6E #2A27AE #AE2768

square

#ABAE27 #27AE6E #2A27AE #AE2768

split-complementary

#ABAE27 #2768AE #6E27AE

monochromatic

#494A11 #7A7C1C #ABAE27 #D1D43E #DDDF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ABAE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#ABAE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE27

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE27	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.148 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c56d',
    500: '#abae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae27;
$custom-light: #c8c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7254,
    "c": 0.14782,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE27

secondary

#6D6BC6

accent

#41E645

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE27

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

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