#AB8B26#AB8B26

#AB8B26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.120 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8B26
RGB	rgb(171, 139, 38)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 77.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, 1.92, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 54.88, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.0005 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.12 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3786, 27.2648, 5.7066)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8B26 #2646AB

analogous

#AB4826 #AB8B26 #88AB26

triadic

#AB8B26 #26AB8B #8B26AB

tetradic

#AB8B26 #26AB48 #2646AB #AB2688

square

#AB8B26 #26AB48 #2646AB #AB2688

split-complementary

#AB8B26 #2688AB #4826AB

monochromatic

#473A10 #79621B #AB8B26 #D3AF3B #DFC36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AB8B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AB8B26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8B26

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8B26	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#9B8913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 139, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.120 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac68',
    500: '#ab8b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8b26;
$custom-light: #c8ac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6492,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8B26

secondary

#687EC5

accent

#69E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8B26

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

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