#AB8E29#AB8E29

#AB8E29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.120 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8E29
RGB	rgb(171, 142, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 76%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, 0.40, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 54.50, 89.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% -0.0046 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.12 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8693, 28.1656, 6.1187)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8E29 #2946AB

analogous

#AB4D29 #AB8E29 #87AB29

triadic

#AB8E29 #29AB8E #8E29AB

tetradic

#AB8E29 #29AB4D #2946AB #AB2987

square

#AB8E29 #29AB4D #2946AB #AB2987

split-complementary

#AB8E29 #2987AB #4D29AB

monochromatic

#483C11 #7A651D #AB8E29 #D1B140 #DDC571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AB8E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#AB8E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8E29

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8E29	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)

#9E8C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 142, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.120 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae6a',
    500: '#ab8e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8e29;
$custom-light: #c8ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 61.321,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65572,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8E29

secondary

#6C7FC4

accent

#67E443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8E29

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

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