#ABAE38#ABAE38

#ABAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.138 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE38
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -15.82, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 59.55, 105.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0489 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.138 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6455, 39.2164, 9.5905)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE38 #3B38AE

analogous

#AE7638 #ABAE38 #70AE38

triadic

#ABAE38 #38ABAE #AE38AB

tetradic

#ABAE38 #38AE76 #3B38AE #AE3870

square

#ABAE38 #38AE76 #3B38AE #AE3870

split-complementary

#ABAE38 #3870AE #7638AE

monochromatic

#50511A #7D8029 #ABAE38 #C7CA59 #D7D988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ABAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#ABAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE38

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE38	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#BBA626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.138 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c676',
    500: '#abae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae38;
$custom-light: #c7c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.525,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72652,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE38

secondary

#817FC3

accent

#4DDB51

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE38

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

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