Information about #ABAF3B color

#ABAF3B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#ABAF3B falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(171, 175, 59) — 67.1% red, 68.6% green, 23.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 2 / 0 / 45 / 31. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #ABAF3B reads as a pleasantly vivid yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Brass (#B5A642). Slightly further away sit Moderate Olive (#A8A84A) and Booger (#9BB53C).

In RGB terms — rgb(171, 175, 59) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #ABAF3B: 8.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.4:1 for white. No one has named #ABAF3B so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#ABAF3B color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#ABAF3B color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #ABAF3B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Brass color link
Brass

#B5A642

Booger color link
Booger

#9BB53C

Karma color link
Karma

#B6A237

Sick Green color link
Sick Green

#9DB92C

Pomelo color link
Pomelo

#96A53C

Margarita color link
Margarita

#B0C24A

Billy T color link
Billy T

#C1B943

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#ABAF3B
  • RGB171, 175, 59
  • CMYK2, 0, 45, 31
  • CSSrgb(171, 175, 59)
  • HSL62°, 50%, 46%
  • HSL Precise62.069°, 49.573%, 45.882%
  • HSV62°, 66%, 69%
  • HSB62°, 66%, 69%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.671
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.686
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.231
  • GLSLvec3(0.671, 0.686, 0.231)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.671, 0.686, 0.231, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.671, 0.686, 0.231)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB68.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB23.1%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDABAF3B
  • DECIMAL ID11251515
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01