#ABB259#ABB259

#ABB259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.114 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABB259
RGB	rgb(171, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -15.38, 44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 46.82, 109.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0441 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.114 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5188, 41.2206, 15.5872)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABB259 #6059B2

analogous

#B28D59 #ABB259 #7FB259

triadic

#ABB259 #59ABB2 #B259AB

tetradic

#ABB259 #59B28D #6059B2 #B2597F

square

#ABB259 #59B28D #6059B2 #B2597F

split-complementary

#ABB259 #597FB2 #8D59B2

monochromatic

#5F632E #878D41 #ABB259 #C0C583 #D5D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ABB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#ABB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABB259

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABB259	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)

#BDAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.114 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c88a',
    500: '#abb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abb259;
$custom-light: #c6c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.719,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73888,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABB259

secondary

#A3A0C7

accent

#5BCD64

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABB259

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

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