#ABAE36#ABAE36

#ABAE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.139 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE36
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -15.93, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 60.31, 105.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0494 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.139 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5975, 39.1972, 9.3380)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE36 #3936AE

analogous

#AE7536 #ABAE36 #6FAE36

triadic

#ABAE36 #36ABAE #AE36AB

tetradic

#ABAE36 #36AE75 #3936AE #AE366F

square

#ABAE36 #36AE75 #3936AE #AE366F

split-complementary

#ABAE36 #366FAE #7536AE

monochromatic

#4F5119 #7D7F28 #ABAE36 #C8CB56 #D7D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ABAE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#ABAE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE36

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE36	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)

#BCA623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.139 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c575',
    500: '#abae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae36;
$custom-light: #c7c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72636,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE36

secondary

#7F7DC3

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE36

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

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