#AB8B2A#AB8B2A

#AB8B2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.117 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8B2A
RGB	rgb(171, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 75.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 2.10, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 53.39, 87.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.0004 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.118 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4467, 27.2920, 6.0650)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8B2A #2A4AAB

analogous

#AB4B2A #AB8B2A #8BAB2A

triadic

#AB8B2A #2AAB8B #8B2AAB

tetradic

#AB8B2A #2AAB4B #2A4AAB #AB2A8B

square

#AB8B2A #2AAB4B #2A4AAB #AB2A8B

split-complementary

#AB8B2A #2A8BAB #4B2AAB

monochromatic

#493B12 #7A631E #AB8B2A #D1AD42 #DDC273

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AB8B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AB8B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8B2A

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8B2A	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)

#9B891A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.117 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac6b',
    500: '#ab8b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8b2a;
$custom-light: #c8ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64948,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8B2A

secondary

#6D82C4

accent

#6CE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8B2A

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

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