#AB8E2B#AB8E2B

#AB8E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.119 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8E2B
RGB	rgb(171, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 74.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, 0.49, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 53.74, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% -0.0041 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.119 92)
XYZ	xyz(26.9051, 28.1800, 6.3072)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8E2B #2B48AB

analogous

#AB4E2B #AB8E2B #88AB2B

triadic

#AB8E2B #2BAB8E #8E2BAB

tetradic

#AB8E2B #2BAB4E #2B48AB #AB2B88

square

#AB8E2B #2BAB4E #2B48AB #AB2B88

split-complementary

#AB8E2B #2B88AB #4E2BAB

monochromatic

#493D12 #7A651F #AB8E2B #D0B043 #DCC574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AB8E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AB8E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8E2B

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8E2B	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.119 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae6b',
    500: '#ab8e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8e2b;
$custom-light: #c8ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65587,
    "c": 0.1186,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.28178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8E2B

secondary

#6E82C4

accent

#69E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8E2B

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

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