#ABC231#ABC231

#ABC231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.164 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABC231
RGB	rgb(171, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(70, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -26.12, 65.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 70.39, 111.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0782 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.164 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6416, 47.4636, 10.1362)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABC231 #4831C2

analogous

#C29031 #ABC231 #63C231

triadic

#ABC231 #31ABC2 #C231AB

tetradic

#ABC231 #31C290 #4831C2 #C23163

square

#ABC231 #31C290 #4831C2 #C23163

split-complementary

#ABC231 #3163C2 #9031C2

monochromatic

#556018 #809125 #ABC231 #C2D65B #D4E28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#ABC231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#ABC231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABC231

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABC231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABC231	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB70F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abc231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.164 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d474',
    500: '#abc231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abc231;
$custom-light: #c8d474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abc231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.517,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77112,
    "c": 0.16406,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABC231

secondary

#8E83CC

accent

#45E35E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABC231

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

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