#ABAE55#ABAE55

#ABAE55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE55
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -13.69, 44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 46.85, 106.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0397 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.113 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5710, 39.5866, 14.4651)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE55 #5855AE

analogous

#AE8455 #ABAE55 #7EAE55

triadic

#ABAE55 #55ABAE #AE55AB

tetradic

#ABAE55 #55AE84 #5855AE #AE557E

square

#ABAE55 #55AE84 #5855AE #AE557E

split-complementary

#ABAE55 #557EAE #8455AE

monochromatic

#5B5D2C #848640 #ABAE55 #BFC27E #D4D5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ABAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#ABAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE55

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE55	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c687',
    500: '#abae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae55;
$custom-light: #c6c687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.022,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7295,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE55

secondary

#9D9CC3

accent

#5CCB60

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE55

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

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