#ABB251#ABB251

#ABB251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.121 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABB251
RGB	rgb(171, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 54.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -16.10, 47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 50.58, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.047 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.121 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2009, 41.0934, 13.9132)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABB251 #5851B2

analogous

#B28851 #ABB251 #7AB251

triadic

#ABB251 #51ABB2 #B251AB

tetradic

#ABB251 #51B288 #5851B2 #B2517A

square

#ABB251 #51B288 #5851B2 #B2517A

split-complementary

#ABB251 #517AB2 #8851B2

monochromatic

#5B5F2A #84893D #ABB251 #BFC57B #D4D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ABB251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#ABB251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABB251

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABB251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABB251	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abb251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.121 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c885',
    500: '#abb251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abb251;
$custom-light: #c6c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abb251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.33,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73788,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABB251

secondary

#9D9AC5

accent

#59CF62

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABB251

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

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