#ABB231#ABB231

#ABB231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.146 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABB231
RGB	rgb(171, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -18.23, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 63.74, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0563 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.146 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2704, 40.7212, 9.0125)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABB231 #3831B2

analogous

#B27931 #ABB231 #6BB231

triadic

#ABB231 #31ABB2 #B231AB

tetradic

#ABB231 #31B279 #3831B2 #B2316B

square

#ABB231 #31B279 #3831B2 #B2316B

split-complementary

#ABB231 #316BB2 #7931B2

monochromatic

#4F5217 #7D8224 #ABB231 #C8CF51 #D7DC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ABB231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#ABB231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABB231

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABB231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABB231	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abb231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.146 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c872',
    500: '#abb231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abb231;
$custom-light: #c7c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abb231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.256,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73495,
    "c": 0.14645,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABB231

secondary

#7D79C5

accent

#48E050

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABB231

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

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