#ABAE46#ABAE46

#ABAE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.127 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE46
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(62, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -14.92, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 53.74, 106.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0448 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.127 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0370, 39.3730, 11.6526)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE46 #4946AE

analogous

#AE7D46 #ABAE46 #77AE46

triadic

#ABAE46 #46ABAE #AE46AB

tetradic

#ABAE46 #46AE7D #4946AE #AE4677

square

#ABAE46 #46AE7D #4946AE #AE4677

split-complementary

#ABAE46 #4677AE #7D46AE

monochromatic

#555723 #808234 #ABAE46 #C2C46D #D4D699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ABAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#ABAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE46

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE46	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.127 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c67e',
    500: '#abae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae46;
$custom-light: #c6c67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.731,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72778,
    "c": 0.12674,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE46

secondary

#8F8EC2

accent

#55D259

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE46

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

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