#ABAE35#ABAE35

#ABAE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.140 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE35
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -15.99, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 60.69, 105.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0496 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.14 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5743, 39.1879, 9.2156)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE35 #3835AE

analogous

#AE7535 #ABAE35 #6EAE35

triadic

#ABAE35 #35ABAE #AE35AB

tetradic

#ABAE35 #35AE75 #3835AE #AE356E

square

#ABAE35 #35AE75 #3835AE #AE356E

split-complementary

#ABAE35 #356EAE #7535AE

monochromatic

#4F5018 #7D7F27 #ABAE35 #C8CB55 #D7DA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ABAE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#ABAE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE35

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE35	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.140 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c574',
    500: '#abae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae35;
$custom-light: #c7c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.488,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72629,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE35

secondary

#7D7CC3

accent

#4BDD4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE35

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

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