#ABB257#ABB257

#ABB257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.116 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABB257
RGB	rgb(171, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 51.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -15.57, 45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 47.77, 109.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0449 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.116 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4359, 41.1874, 15.1509)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABB257 #5E57B2

analogous

#B28B57 #ABB257 #7EB257

triadic

#ABB257 #57ABB2 #B257AB

tetradic

#ABB257 #57B28B #5E57B2 #B2577E

square

#ABB257 #57B28B #5E57B2 #B2577E

split-complementary

#ABB257 #577EB2 #8B57B2

monochromatic

#5E622D #868C40 #ABB257 #C0C581 #D5D8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ABB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#ABB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABB257

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABB257	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.116 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c889',
    500: '#abb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abb257;
$custom-light: #c6c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73862,
    "c": 0.11564,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABB257

secondary

#A29EC6

accent

#5BCD63

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABB257

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

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