#AB8E2E#AB8E2E

#AB8E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.117 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8E2E
RGB	rgb(171, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 73.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, 0.64, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 52.57, 89.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% -0.0033 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.117 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9622, 28.2028, 6.6078)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8E2E #2E4BAB

analogous

#AB4F2E #AB8E2E #8AAB2E

triadic

#AB8E2E #2EAB8E #8E2EAB

tetradic

#AB8E2E #2EAB4F #2E4BAB #AB2E8A

square

#AB8E2E #2EAB4F #2E4BAB #AB2E8A

split-complementary

#AB8E2E #2E8AAB #4F2EAB

monochromatic

#4B3E14 #7B6621 #AB8E2E #CEAF48 #DBC479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AB8E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AB8E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8E2E

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8E2E	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)

#9E8C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.117 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae6d',
    500: '#ab8e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8e2e;
$custom-light: #c8ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.08,
    "s": 57.604,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65609,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8E2E

secondary

#7285C3

accent

#6BE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8E2E

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

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