#ABC959#ABC959

#ABC959 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.143 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABC959
RGB	rgb(171, 201, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(76, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 0%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -26.80, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 58.27, 117.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0763 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.143 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4847, 51.1524, 17.2425)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABC959 #7759C9

analogous

#C9AF59 #ABC959 #73C959

triadic

#ABC959 #59ABC9 #C959AB

tetradic

#ABC959 #59C9AF #7759C9 #C95973

square

#ABC959 #59C9AF #7759C9 #C95973

split-complementary

#ABC959 #5973C9 #AF59C9

monochromatic

#687E29 #8DAD38 #ABC959 #C2D887 #DAE7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#ABC959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#ABC959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABC959

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABC959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABC959	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abc959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 201, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.143 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d98b',
    500: '#abc959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abc959;
$custom-light: #c6d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abc959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.071,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79051,
    "c": 0.14307,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABC959

secondary

#534086

accent

#4DDA73

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FBF4

border

#D2D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#82837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABC959

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

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