#ABAE2B#ABAE2B

#ABAE2B 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	#ABAE2B
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -16.47, 62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 64.19, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0519 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.146 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3678, 39.1053, 8.1281)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE2B #2E2BAE

analogous

#AE6F2B #ABAE2B #6AAE2B

triadic

#ABAE2B #2BABAE #AE2BAB

tetradic

#ABAE2B #2BAE6F #2E2BAE #AE2B6A

square

#ABAE2B #2BAE6F #2E2BAE #AE2B6A

split-complementary

#ABAE2B #2B6AAE #6F2BAE

monochromatic

#4B4C13 #7B7D1F #ABAE2B #CED145 #DBDD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ABAE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#ABAE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE2B

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE2B	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)

#BCA60B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.146 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c56f',
    500: '#abae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae2b;
$custom-light: #c8c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.374,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72562,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE2B

secondary

#7270C5

accent

#44E448

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE2B

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

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