#AB8D27#AB8D27

#AB8D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.120 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8D27
RGB	rgb(171, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 77.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, 0.87, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 54.98, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% -0.0035 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.12 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6872, 27.8558, 5.8901)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8D27 #2745AB

analogous

#AB4B27 #AB8D27 #87AB27

triadic

#AB8D27 #27AB8D #8D27AB

tetradic

#AB8D27 #27AB4B #2745AB #AB2787

square

#AB8D27 #27AB4B #2745AB #AB2787

split-complementary

#AB8D27 #2787AB #4B27AB

monochromatic

#473B10 #79641C #AB8D27 #D3B13D #DEC56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AB8D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#AB8D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8D27

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8D27	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.120 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae69',
    500: '#ab8d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8d27;
$custom-light: #c8ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65348,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8D27

secondary

#697EC5

accent

#67E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8D27

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

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