#ABAE79#ABAE79

#ABAE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.072 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE79
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(63, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(63, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 30.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -9.67, 26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 28.61, 109.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0255 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.072 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3819, 40.3110, 24.0023)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE79 #7C79AE

analogous

#AE9679 #ABAE79 #90AE79

triadic

#ABAE79 #79ABAE #AE79AB

tetradic

#ABAE79 #79AE96 #7C79AE #AE7990

square

#ABAE79 #79AE96 #7C79AE #AE7990

split-complementary

#ABAE79 #7990AE #9679AE

monochromatic

#696C41 #8E9258 #ABAE79 #C3C59F #DBDCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ABAE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#ABAE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE79

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE79	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A975

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.072 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c6a0',
    500: '#abae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae79;
$custom-light: #c4c6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.396,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73529,
    "c": 0.07185,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE79

secondary

#B8B7CC

accent

#67C16C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE79

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

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