#ABBB59#ABBB59

#ABBB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.125 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABBB59
RGB	rgb(171, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -19.93, 47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 51.22, 112.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.057 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.125 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3686, 44.9202, 16.2038)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABBB59 #6959BB

analogous

#BB9A59 #ABBB59 #7ABB59

triadic

#ABBB59 #59ABBB #BB59AB

tetradic

#ABBB59 #59BB9A #6959BB #BB597A

square

#ABBB59 #59BB9A #6959BB #BB597A

split-complementary

#ABBB59 #597ABB #9A59BB

monochromatic

#626D2D #8A983E #ABBB59 #C1CD84 #D7DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#ABBB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#ABBB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABBB59

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABBB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABBB59	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abbb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.125 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cf8b',
    500: '#abbb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abbb59;
$custom-light: #c6cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abbb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.796,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75894,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABBB59

secondary

#AAA3CD

accent

#56D26A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABBB59

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

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