#ABAE4E#ABAE4E

#ABAE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.120 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE4E
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(62, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -14.30, 48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 50.14, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0422 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.12 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3066, 39.4808, 13.0723)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE4E #514EAE

analogous

#AE814E #ABAE4E #7BAE4E

triadic

#ABAE4E #4EABAE #AE4EAB

tetradic

#ABAE4E #4EAE81 #514EAE #AE4E7B

square

#ABAE4E #4EAE81 #514EAE #AE4E7B

split-complementary

#ABAE4E #4E7BAE #814EAE

monochromatic

#585928 #81843B #ABAE4E #C0C277 #D3D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ABAE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#ABAE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE4E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE4E	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.120 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c683',
    500: '#abae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae4e;
$custom-light: #c6c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72865,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE4E

secondary

#9796C2

accent

#5ACE5D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE4E

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

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