#ABAE31#ABAE31

#ABAE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.142 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE31
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -16.20, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 62.15, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0506 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.142 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4861, 39.1527, 8.7511)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE31 #3431AE

analogous

#AE7231 #ABAE31 #6CAE31

triadic

#ABAE31 #31ABAE #AE31AB

tetradic

#ABAE31 #31AE72 #3431AE #AE316C

square

#ABAE31 #31AE72 #3431AE #AE316C

split-complementary

#ABAE31 #316CAE #7231AE

monochromatic

#4D4E16 #7C7E24 #ABAE31 #CACD4F #D9DB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ABAE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#ABAE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE31

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE31	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)

#BCA61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.142 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c572',
    500: '#abae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae31;
$custom-light: #c7c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.44,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.726,
    "c": 0.14223,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE31

secondary

#7977C4

accent

#48DF4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE31

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

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