#ABAE47#ABAE47
#ABAE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.126 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ABAE47 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(171, 174, 71) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 42%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 59%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 59.2%, 31.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.03, -14.84, 51.20) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.03, 53.30, 106.17°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.79% -0.0445 0.1178) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.79% 0.126 110.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.0689, 39.3858, 11.8202) |
| Luminance | 0.3938 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.91
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 5.38
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.49
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.65
Darkkhaki
#BDB76B
ΔE00 5.67
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 5.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ABAE47 #4A47AE
analogous
#AE7E47 #ABAE47 #77AE47
triadic
#ABAE47 #47ABAE #AE47AB
tetradic
#ABAE47 #47AE7E #4A47AE #AE4777
square
#ABAE47 #47AE7E #4A47AE #AE4777
split-complementary
#ABAE47 #4777AE #7E47AE
monochromatic
#565724 #808335 #ABAE47 #C1C46E #D4D69A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.37
#ABAE47 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.88
#ABAE47 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ABAE47
8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ABAE47 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ABAE47 | 1.00 | 2.37 | 8.88 | 8.88 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.37 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBA73B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBAA4D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B6A498
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #abae47; /* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 71); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.126 110.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6c67e',
500: '#abae47',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #abae47; $custom-light: #c6c67e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#abae47",
"rgb": {
"r": 171,
"g": 174,
"b": 71
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.748,
"s": 42.041,
"l": 48.039
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72789,
"c": 0.12589,
"h": 110.7
},
"luminance": 0.39385
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ABAE47
secondary
#908FC2
accent
#56D25A
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8EE
border
#D1D1C9
text
#13120A
muted
#82817C