#AB8D28#AB8D28

#AB8D28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.120 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8D28
RGB	rgb(171, 141, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 76.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, 0.91, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 54.62, 89.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% -0.0032 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.12 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7040, 27.8625, 5.9786)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8D28 #2846AB

analogous

#AB4C28 #AB8D28 #88AB28

triadic

#AB8D28 #28AB8D #8D28AB

tetradic

#AB8D28 #28AB4C #2846AB #AB2888

square

#AB8D28 #28AB4C #2846AB #AB2888

split-complementary

#AB8D28 #2888AB #4C28AB

monochromatic

#483B11 #79641C #AB8D28 #D2B03E #DEC470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AB8D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#AB8D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8D28

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8D28	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)

#9D8B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 141, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.120 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae6a',
    500: '#ab8d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8d28;
$custom-light: #c8ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 62.085,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65354,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8D28

secondary

#6A7FC4

accent

#68E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8D28

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →