#ABAE3A#ABAE3A

#ABAE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.136 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE3A
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -15.71, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 58.76, 105.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0483 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.136 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6954, 39.2364, 9.8532)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE3A #3D3AAE

analogous

#AE773A #ABAE3A #71AE3A

triadic

#ABAE3A #3AABAE #AE3AAB

tetradic

#ABAE3A #3AAE77 #3D3AAE #AE3A71

square

#ABAE3A #3AAE77 #3D3AAE #AE3A71

split-complementary

#ABAE3A #3A71AE #773AAE

monochromatic

#51521B #7E802B #ABAE3A #C6C95C #D6D88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ABAE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#ABAE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE3A

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE3A	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.136 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c677',
    500: '#abae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae3a;
$custom-light: #c7c677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.552,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72668,
    "c": 0.1362,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE3A

secondary

#8381C2

accent

#4EDA52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE3A

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

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