#ABAE40#ABAE40

#ABAE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.132 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE40
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -15.33, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 56.32, 105.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0467 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.132 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8570, 39.3010, 10.7045)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE40 #4340AE

analogous

#AE7A40 #ABAE40 #74AE40

triadic

#ABAE40 #40ABAE #AE40AB

tetradic

#ABAE40 #40AE7A #4340AE #AE4074

square

#ABAE40 #40AE7A #4340AE #AE4074

split-complementary

#ABAE40 #4074AE #7A40AE

monochromatic

#53551F #7F8130 #ABAE40 #C4C665 #D5D792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ABAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ABAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE40

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE40	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.132 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c67a',
    500: '#abae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae40;
$custom-light: #c7c67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.636,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7272,
    "c": 0.13167,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE40

secondary

#8988C2

accent

#52D656

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE40

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

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