#ABD979#ABD979

#ABD979 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.134 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABD979
RGB	rgb(171, 217, 121)
HSL	hsl(89, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(89, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 0%, 44.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -31.06, 42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 52.53, 126.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0858 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.134 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.0581, 59.6633, 27.2277)
Luminance	0.5966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABD979 #A779D9

analogous

#D9D779 #ABD979 #7BD979

triadic

#ABD979 #79ABD9 #D979AB

tetradic

#ABD979 #79D9D7 #A779D9 #D9797B

square

#ABD979 #79D9D7 #A779D9 #D9797B

split-complementary

#ABD979 #797BD9 #D779D9

monochromatic

#6EA830 #8DCB49 #ABD979 #C9E7A9 #E7F4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ABD979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#ABD979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABD979

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABD979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABD979	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACA7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abd979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 217, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.134 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e5a1',
    500: '#abd979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abd979;
$custom-light: #c6e5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abd979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.75,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83106,
    "c": 0.13385,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABD979

secondary

#794BAB

accent

#22C36F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13150F

muted

#828480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABD979

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

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