#AB8E2A#AB8E2A

#AB8E2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.119 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8E2A
RGB	rgb(171, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 75.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, 0.45, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 54.12, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0043 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.119 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8870, 28.1727, 6.2117)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8E2A #2A47AB

analogous

#AB4E2A #AB8E2A #87AB2A

triadic

#AB8E2A #2AAB8E #8E2AAB

tetradic

#AB8E2A #2AAB4E #2A47AB #AB2A87

square

#AB8E2A #2AAB4E #2A47AB #AB2A87

split-complementary

#AB8E2A #2A87AB #4E2AAB

monochromatic

#493C12 #7A651E #AB8E2A #D1B042 #DDC573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AB8E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#AB8E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8E2A

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8E2A	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)

#9E8C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.119 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae6b',
    500: '#ab8e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8e2a;
$custom-light: #c8ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.512,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65579,
    "c": 0.11921,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8E2A

secondary

#6D80C4

accent

#68E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8E2A

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

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