#ABAE29#ABAE29

#ABAE29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.147 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE29
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 41)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -16.56, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 64.83, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0523 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.147 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3320, 39.0910, 7.9396)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE29 #2C29AE

analogous

#AE6E29 #ABAE29 #69AE29

triadic

#ABAE29 #29ABAE #AE29AB

tetradic

#ABAE29 #29AE6E #2C29AE #AE2969

square

#ABAE29 #29AE6E #2C29AE #AE2969

split-complementary

#ABAE29 #2969AE #6E29AE

monochromatic

#4A4B12 #7A7C1D #ABAE29 #CFD242 #DCDE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ABAE29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#ABAE29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE29

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE29	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)

#BCA605

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.147 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c56e',
    500: '#abae29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae29;
$custom-light: #c8c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.353,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72551,
    "c": 0.1468,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE29

secondary

#6F6DC5

accent

#43E547

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE29

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

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