#ABAE2E#ABAE2E

#ABAE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.144 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE2E
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -16.34, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 63.19, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0513 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.144 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4249, 39.1282, 8.4287)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE2E #312EAE

analogous

#AE712E #ABAE2E #6BAE2E

triadic

#ABAE2E #2EABAE #AE2EAB

tetradic

#ABAE2E #2EAE71 #312EAE #AE2E6B

square

#ABAE2E #2EAE71 #312EAE #AE2E6B

split-complementary

#ABAE2E #2E6BAE #712EAE

monochromatic

#4C4D14 #7B7E21 #ABAE2E #CCCF4A #DADC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ABAE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#ABAE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE2E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE2E	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.144 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c570',
    500: '#abae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae2e;
$custom-light: #c7c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.406,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72581,
    "c": 0.14403,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE2E

secondary

#7574C4

accent

#46E14A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE2E

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

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