#ABAE4B#ABAE4B

#ABAE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.122 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE4B
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 75)
HSL	hsl(62, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 56.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -14.54, 49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 51.51, 106.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0432 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.122 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2015, 39.4388, 12.5187)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE4B #4E4BAE

analogous

#AE804B #ABAE4B #7AAE4B

triadic

#ABAE4B #4BABAE #AE4BAB

tetradic

#ABAE4B #4BAE80 #4E4BAE #AE4B7A

square

#ABAE4B #4BAE80 #4E4BAE #AE4B7A

split-complementary

#ABAE4B #4B7AAE #804BAE

monochromatic

#575826 #818339 #ABAE4B #C0C373 #D4D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ABAE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ABAE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE4B

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE4B	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.122 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c681',
    500: '#abae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae4b;
$custom-light: #c6c681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72831,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE4B

secondary

#9493C2

accent

#58D05C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE4B

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

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