#ABAE42#ABAE42

#ABAE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.130 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE42
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -15.20, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 55.47, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0461 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.13 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9150, 39.3242, 11.0096)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE42 #4542AE

analogous

#AE7B42 #ABAE42 #75AE42

triadic

#ABAE42 #42ABAE #AE42AB

tetradic

#ABAE42 #42AE7B #4542AE #AE4275

square

#ABAE42 #42AE7B #4542AE #AE4275

split-complementary

#ABAE42 #4275AE #7B42AE

monochromatic

#545520 #7F8231 #ABAE42 #C3C668 #D5D694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ABAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ABAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE42

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE42	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)

#BBA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.130 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c67b',
    500: '#abae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae42;
$custom-light: #c7c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72739,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE42

secondary

#8B8AC2

accent

#53D557

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE42

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

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