#ABB53B#ABB53B

#ABB53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.143 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABB53B
RGB	rgb(171, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -19.20, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 61.31, 108.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.058 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.143 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1088, 42.0221, 10.4511)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABB53B #453BB5

analogous

#B5823B #ABB53B #6EB53B

triadic

#ABB53B #3BABB5 #B53BAB

tetradic

#ABB53B #3BB582 #453BB5 #B53B6E

square

#ABB53B #3BB582 #453BB5 #B53B6E

split-complementary

#ABB53B #3B6EB5 #823BB5

monochromatic

#54591D #7F872C #ABB53B #C3CC62 #D5DB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ABB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#ABB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABB53B

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABB53B	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abb53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.143 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7cb78',
    500: '#abb53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abb53b;
$custom-light: #c7cb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abb53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.918,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74242,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABB53B

secondary

#8B86C6

accent

#4DDA59

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABB53B

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

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