#AB8A1F#AB8A1F

#AB8A1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.123 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8A1F
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 31)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 81.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, 2.22, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 57.02, 87.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% -0.0004 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.123 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1320, 26.9355, 5.1188)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8A1F #1F40AB

analogous

#AB441F #AB8A1F #86AB1F

triadic

#AB8A1F #1FAB8A #8A1FAB

tetradic

#AB8A1F #1FAB44 #1F40AB #AB1F86

square

#AB8A1F #1FAB44 #1F40AB #AB1F86

split-complementary

#AB8A1F #1F86AB #441FAB

monochromatic

#43360C #776016 #AB8A1F #D9B12E #E3C462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#AB8A1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#AB8A1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8A1F

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8A1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8A1F	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8a1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.123 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab65',
    500: '#ab8a1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8a1f;
$custom-light: #c9ab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8a1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 69.307,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64668,
    "c": 0.12292,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8A1F

secondary

#5E77C7

accent

#65EC3C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8A1F

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

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