#AB8E2C#AB8E2C

#AB8E2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.118 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8E2C
RGB	rgb(171, 142, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 74.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, 0.54, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 53.35, 89.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% -0.0038 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.118 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9237, 28.1874, 6.4050)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8E2C #2C49AB

analogous

#AB4E2C #AB8E2C #89AB2C

triadic

#AB8E2C #2CAB8E #8E2CAB

tetradic

#AB8E2C #2CAB4E #2C49AB #AB2C89

square

#AB8E2C #2CAB4E #2C49AB #AB2C89

split-complementary

#AB8E2C #2C89AB #4E2CAB

monochromatic

#4A3D13 #7A661F #AB8E2C #CFB045 #DCC476

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AB8E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AB8E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8E2C

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8E2C	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)

#9E8C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 142, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.118 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae6c',
    500: '#ab8e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8e2c;
$custom-light: #c8ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65594,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8E2C

secondary

#6F83C3

accent

#69E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8E2C

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

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