#AB8E27#AB8E27

#AB8E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.121 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8E27
RGB	rgb(171, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 77.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, 0.32, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 55.23, 89.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% -0.005 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.121 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8353, 28.1520, 5.9395)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8E27 #2744AB

analogous

#AB4C27 #AB8E27 #86AB27

triadic

#AB8E27 #27AB8E #8E27AB

tetradic

#AB8E27 #27AB4C #2744AB #AB2786

square

#AB8E27 #27AB4C #2744AB #AB2786

split-complementary

#AB8E27 #2786AB #4C27AB

monochromatic

#473B10 #79651C #AB8E27 #D3B23D #DEC56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AB8E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#AB8E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8E27

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8E27	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)

#9E8C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.121 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae69',
    500: '#ab8e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8e27;
$custom-light: #c8ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65559,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8E27

secondary

#697DC5

accent

#66E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8E27

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

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