#ABAE37#ABAE37

#ABAE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.138 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE37
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -15.88, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 59.93, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0491 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.138 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6213, 39.2067, 9.4629)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE37 #3A37AE

analogous

#AE7637 #ABAE37 #6FAE37

triadic

#ABAE37 #37ABAE #AE37AB

tetradic

#ABAE37 #37AE76 #3A37AE #AE376F

square

#ABAE37 #37AE76 #3A37AE #AE376F

split-complementary

#ABAE37 #376FAE #7637AE

monochromatic

#50511A #7D7F28 #ABAE37 #C7CA58 #D7D986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ABAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#ABAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE37

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE37	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)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.138 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c575',
    500: '#abae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae37;
$custom-light: #c7c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.513,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72644,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE37

secondary

#807EC3

accent

#4CDB50

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE37

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

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