#ABAE32#ABAE32

#ABAE32 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	#ABAE32
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -16.15, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 61.79, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0504 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.142 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5074, 39.1612, 8.8635)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE32 #3532AE

analogous

#AE7332 #ABAE32 #6DAE32

triadic

#ABAE32 #32ABAE #AE32AB

tetradic

#ABAE32 #32AE73 #3532AE #AE326D

square

#ABAE32 #32AE73 #3532AE #AE326D

split-complementary

#ABAE32 #326DAE #7332AE

monochromatic

#4E4F17 #7C7E24 #ABAE32 #CACD50 #D8DA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ABAE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#ABAE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE32

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE32	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)

#BCA61C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.142 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c572',
    500: '#abae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae32;
$custom-light: #c7c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.452,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72607,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE32

secondary

#7A78C4

accent

#49DF4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE32

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

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