#AB8B29#AB8B29

#AB8B29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.118 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8B29
RGB	rgb(171, 139, 41)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 76%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 2.05, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 53.77, 87.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% 0.0002 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.118 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4290, 27.2849, 5.9719)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8B29 #2949AB

analogous

#AB4A29 #AB8B29 #8AAB29

triadic

#AB8B29 #29AB8B #8B29AB

tetradic

#AB8B29 #29AB4A #2949AB #AB298A

square

#AB8B29 #29AB4A #2949AB #AB298A

split-complementary

#AB8B29 #298AAB #4A29AB

monochromatic

#483B11 #7A631D #AB8B29 #D1AD40 #DDC371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AB8B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AB8B29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8B29

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8B29	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)

#9B8918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 139, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.118 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac6a',
    500: '#ab8b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8b29;
$custom-light: #c8ac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 61.321,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64941,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8B29

secondary

#6C81C4

accent

#6BE443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8B29

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

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