#ABAE28#ABAE28

#ABAE28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.147 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE28
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -16.60, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 65.14, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0525 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.147 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3148, 39.0841, 7.8488)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE28 #2B28AE

analogous

#AE6E28 #ABAE28 #68AE28

triadic

#ABAE28 #28ABAE #AE28AB

tetradic

#ABAE28 #28AE6E #2B28AE #AE2868

square

#ABAE28 #28AE6E #2B28AE #AE2868

split-complementary

#ABAE28 #2868AE #6E28AE

monochromatic

#494A11 #7A7C1D #ABAE28 #D0D340 #DCDF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ABAE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#ABAE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE28

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE28	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)

#BCA601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.147 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c56e',
    500: '#abae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae28;
$custom-light: #c8c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.343,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72545,
    "c": 0.14732,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE28

secondary

#6E6CC6

accent

#42E646

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE28

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

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