#ABAE48#ABAE48

#ABAE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.125 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE48
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(62, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -14.77, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 52.86, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0442 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.125 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1012, 39.3987, 11.9906)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE48 #4B48AE

analogous

#AE7E48 #ABAE48 #78AE48

triadic

#ABAE48 #48ABAE #AE48AB

tetradic

#ABAE48 #48AE7E #4B48AE #AE4878

square

#ABAE48 #48AE7E #4B48AE #AE4878

split-complementary

#ABAE48 #4878AE #7E48AE

monochromatic

#565724 #808336 #ABAE48 #C1C470 #D4D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ABAE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#ABAE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE48

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE48	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#BBA73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.125 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c67f',
    500: '#abae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae48;
$custom-light: #c6c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72799,
    "c": 0.12502,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE48

secondary

#9190C2

accent

#57D15A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE48

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

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