#AB8E30#AB8E30

#AB8E30 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.115 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8E30
RGB	rgb(171, 142, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 71.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, 0.74, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 51.76, 89.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% -0.0028 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.115 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0026, 28.2189, 6.8203)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8E30 #304DAB

analogous

#AB5130 #AB8E30 #8AAB30

triadic

#AB8E30 #30AB8E #8E30AB

tetradic

#AB8E30 #30AB51 #304DAB #AB308A

square

#AB8E30 #30AB51 #304DAB #AB308A

split-complementary

#AB8E30 #308AAB #5130AB

monochromatic

#4B3F15 #7B6623 #AB8E30 #CDAE4C #DAC47B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AB8E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AB8E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8E30

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8E30	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)

#9E8C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 142, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.115 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae6e',
    500: '#ab8e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8e30;
$custom-light: #c8ae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.854,
    "s": 56.164,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65626,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8E30

secondary

#7487C3

accent

#6CDF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8E30

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

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