#AB8E36#AB8E36

#AB8E36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.111 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8E36
RGB	rgb(171, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 68.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, 1.07, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 49.23, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0011 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.111 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1349, 28.2719, 7.5171)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8E36 #3653AB

analogous

#AB5436 #AB8E36 #8EAB36

triadic

#AB8E36 #36AB8E #8E36AB

tetradic

#AB8E36 #36AB54 #3653AB #AB368E

square

#AB8E36 #36AB54 #3653AB #AB368E

split-complementary

#AB8E36 #368EAB #5436AB

monochromatic

#4E4119 #7C6727 #AB8E36 #C9AC55 #D8C383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AB8E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#AB8E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8E36

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8E36	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.111 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae72',
    500: '#ab8e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8e36;
$custom-light: #c7ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.128,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65678,
    "c": 0.11103,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8E36

secondary

#7B8DC2

accent

#70DB4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8E36

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

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