#AB8B25#AB8B25

#AB8B25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.120 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8B25
RGB	rgb(171, 139, 37)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 78.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, 1.88, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 55.23, 88.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% -0.0008 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.12 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3627, 27.2584, 5.6228)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8B25 #2545AB

analogous

#AB4825 #AB8B25 #88AB25

triadic

#AB8B25 #25AB8B #8B25AB

tetradic

#AB8B25 #25AB48 #2545AB #AB2588

square

#AB8B25 #25AB48 #2545AB #AB2588

split-complementary

#AB8B25 #2588AB #4825AB

monochromatic

#46390F #79621A #AB8B25 #D4AF39 #DFC36B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AB8B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AB8B25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8B25

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8B25	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 139, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.120 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac68',
    500: '#ab8b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8b25;
$custom-light: #c8ac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 64.423,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64914,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8B25

secondary

#677DC5

accent

#68E740

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8B25

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

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