#ABAE2A#ABAE2A

#ABAE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.146 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE2A
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -16.52, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 64.51, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0521 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.146 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3497, 39.0981, 8.0326)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE2A #2D2AAE

analogous

#AE6F2A #ABAE2A #69AE2A

triadic

#ABAE2A #2AABAE #AE2AAB

tetradic

#ABAE2A #2AAE6F #2D2AAE #AE2A69

square

#ABAE2A #2AAE6F #2D2AAE #AE2A69

split-complementary

#ABAE2A #2A69AE #6F2AAE

monochromatic

#4A4B12 #7B7D1E #ABAE2A #CED243 #DBDE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ABAE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#ABAE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE2A

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE2A	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)

#BCA608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.146 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c56f',
    500: '#abae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae2a;
$custom-light: #c8c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.364,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72556,
    "c": 0.14627,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE2A

secondary

#716FC5

accent

#44E447

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE2A

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

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