#AB8B2B#AB8B2B

#AB8B2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.117 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8B2B
RGB	rgb(171, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 74.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 2.14, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 53.01, 87.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.0006 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.117 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4648, 27.2993, 6.1604)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8B2B #2B4BAB

analogous

#AB4B2B #AB8B2B #8BAB2B

triadic

#AB8B2B #2BAB8B #8B2BAB

tetradic

#AB8B2B #2BAB4B #2B4BAB #AB2B8B

square

#AB8B2B #2BAB4B #2B4BAB #AB2B8B

split-complementary

#AB8B2B #2B8BAB #4B2BAB

monochromatic

#493B12 #7A631F #AB8B2B #D0AD43 #DCC274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AB8B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AB8B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8B2B

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8B2B	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)

#9B891C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.117 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac6b',
    500: '#ab8b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8b2b;
$custom-light: #c8ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64955,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8B2B

secondary

#6E84C4

accent

#6CE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8B2B

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

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