#AB8B28#AB8B28

#AB8B28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.119 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8B28
RGB	rgb(171, 139, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 76.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 2.01, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 54.14, 87.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.0001 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.119 90)
XYZ	xyz(26.4118, 27.2780, 5.8811)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8B28 #2848AB

analogous

#AB4A28 #AB8B28 #8AAB28

triadic

#AB8B28 #28AB8B #8B28AB

tetradic

#AB8B28 #28AB4A #2848AB #AB288A

square

#AB8B28 #28AB4A #2848AB #AB288A

split-complementary

#AB8B28 #288AAB #4A28AB

monochromatic

#483A11 #79631C #AB8B28 #D2AE3E #DEC370

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AB8B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AB8B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8B28

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8B28	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 139, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.119 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac69',
    500: '#ab8b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8b28;
$custom-light: #c8ac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 62.085,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64934,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.27276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8B28

secondary

#6A80C4

accent

#6AE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8B28

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

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