#AB8D29#AB8D29

#AB8D29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.119 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8D29
RGB	rgb(171, 141, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 76%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 0.95, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 54.25, 89.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.003 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.119 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7212, 27.8694, 6.0693)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8D29 #2947AB

analogous

#AB4C29 #AB8D29 #88AB29

triadic

#AB8D29 #29AB8D #8D29AB

tetradic

#AB8D29 #29AB4C #2947AB #AB2988

square

#AB8D29 #29AB4C #2947AB #AB2988

split-complementary

#AB8D29 #2988AB #4C29AB

monochromatic

#483C11 #7A641D #AB8D29 #D1B040 #DDC471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#AB8D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#AB8D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8D29

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8D29	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	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)

#9D8B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 141, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.119 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae6a',
    500: '#ab8d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8d29;
$custom-light: #c8ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 61.321,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65361,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8D29

secondary

#6C80C4

accent

#69E443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8D29

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

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