#AB8E2D#AB8E2D

#AB8E2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.117 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8E2D
RGB	rgb(171, 142, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 73.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, 0.59, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 52.96, 89.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% -0.0036 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.117 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9427, 28.1950, 6.5052)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8E2D #2D4AAB

analogous

#AB4F2D #AB8E2D #89AB2D

triadic

#AB8E2D #2DAB8E #8E2DAB

tetradic

#AB8E2D #2DAB4F #2D4AAB #AB2D89

square

#AB8E2D #2DAB4F #2D4AAB #AB2D89

split-complementary

#AB8E2D #2D89AB #4F2DAB

monochromatic

#4A3E14 #7B6620 #AB8E2D #CEAF47 #DBC477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AB8E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AB8E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8E2D

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8E2D	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)

#9E8C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 142, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.117 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae6c',
    500: '#ab8e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8e2d;
$custom-light: #c8ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65602,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8E2D

secondary

#7184C3

accent

#6AE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8E2D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →