#AB8D2C#AB8D2C

#AB8D2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.117 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8D2C
RGB	rgb(171, 141, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 74.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, 1.09, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 53.10, 88.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% -0.0023 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.117 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7756, 27.8912, 6.3556)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8D2C #2C4AAB

analogous

#AB4E2C #AB8D2C #8AAB2C

triadic

#AB8D2C #2CAB8D #8D2CAB

tetradic

#AB8D2C #2CAB4E #2C4AAB #AB2C8A

square

#AB8D2C #2CAB4E #2C4AAB #AB2C8A

split-complementary

#AB8D2C #2C8AAB #4E2CAB

monochromatic

#4A3D13 #7A651F #AB8D2C #CFAF45 #DCC476

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#AB8D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#AB8D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8D2C

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8D2C	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 141, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.117 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae6c',
    500: '#ab8d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8d2c;
$custom-light: #c8ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65383,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8D2C

secondary

#6F83C3

accent

#6BE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8D2C

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

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