#AB8A16#AB8A16

#AB8A16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.127 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8A16
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 22)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(47, 87%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 87.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, 1.95, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 59.58, 88.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0019 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.127 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0295, 26.8945, 4.5791)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8A16 #1637AB

analogous

#AB3F16 #AB8A16 #82AB16

triadic

#AB8A16 #16AB8A #8A16AB

tetradic

#AB8A16 #16AB3F #1637AB #AB1682

square

#AB8A16 #16AB3F #1637AB #AB1682

split-complementary

#AB8A16 #1682AB #3F16AB

monochromatic

#3F3208 #755E0F #AB8A16 #E1B61D #E9C853

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#AB8A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#AB8A16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8A16

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8A16	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3921F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.127 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab61',
    500: '#ab8a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8a16;
$custom-light: #c9ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.711,
    "s": 77.202,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64626,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8A16

secondary

#526DCB

accent

#5FF434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8A16

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

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