#ABBE38#ABBE38

#ABBE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.155 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABBE38
RGB	rgb(171, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -23.83, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 66.32, 111.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0712 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.155 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9227, 45.7708, 10.6829)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABBE38 #4B38BE

analogous

#BE8E38 #ABBE38 #68BE38

triadic

#ABBE38 #38ABBE #BE38AB

tetradic

#ABBE38 #38BE8E #4B38BE #BE3868

square

#ABBE38 #38BE8E #4B38BE #BE3868

split-complementary

#ABBE38 #3868BE #8E38BE

monochromatic

#565F1C #808F2A #ABBE38 #C1D162 #D4DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#ABBE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#ABBE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABBE38

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABBE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABBE38	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abbe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.155 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d177',
    500: '#abbe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abbe38;
$custom-light: #c7d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abbe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.507,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76249,
    "c": 0.15536,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABBE38

secondary

#9188CA

accent

#4ADE5F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABBE38

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

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