#AB8E26#AB8E26

#AB8E26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.122 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8E26
RGB	rgb(171, 142, 38)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 77.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, 0.28, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 55.59, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% -0.0052 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.122 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8190, 28.1455, 5.8534)
Luminance	0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8E26 #2643AB

analogous

#AB4B26 #AB8E26 #85AB26

triadic

#AB8E26 #26AB8E #8E26AB

tetradic

#AB8E26 #26AB4B #2643AB #AB2685

square

#AB8E26 #26AB4B #2643AB #AB2685

split-complementary

#AB8E26 #2685AB #4B26AB

monochromatic

#473B10 #79641B #AB8E26 #D3B23B #DFC66D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AB8E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#AB8E26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8E26

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8E26	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 142, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.122 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae69',
    500: '#ab8e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8e26;
$custom-light: #c8ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65552,
    "c": 0.12154,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8E26

secondary

#687CC5

accent

#65E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8E26

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

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