#AB8A26#AB8A26

#AB8A26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.119 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8A26
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 38)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 77.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, 2.48, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 54.65, 87.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% 0.001 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.119 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2345, 26.9765, 5.6586)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8A26 #2647AB

analogous

#AB4726 #AB8A26 #89AB26

triadic

#AB8A26 #26AB8A #8A26AB

tetradic

#AB8A26 #26AB47 #2647AB #AB2689

square

#AB8A26 #26AB47 #2647AB #AB2689

split-complementary

#AB8A26 #2689AB #4726AB

monochromatic

#473910 #79621B #AB8A26 #D3AE3B #DFC26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AB8A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AB8A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8A26

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8A26	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.119 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab68',
    500: '#ab8a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8a26;
$custom-light: #c8ab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6471,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8A26

secondary

#687FC5

accent

#6AE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8A26

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

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