#AB9228#AB9228

#AB9228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.123 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9228
RGB	rgb(171, 146, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 76.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, -1.83, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 55.91, 91.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% -0.011 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.123 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4580, 29.3704, 6.2299)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9228 #2841AB

analogous

#AB5128 #AB9228 #83AB28

triadic

#AB9228 #28AB92 #9228AB

tetradic

#AB9228 #28AB51 #2841AB #AB2883

square

#AB9228 #28AB51 #2841AB #AB2883

split-complementary

#AB9228 #2883AB #5128AB

monochromatic

#483D11 #79681C #AB9228 #D2B63E #DEC970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#AB9228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#AB9228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9228

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9228	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 146, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.123 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b16a',
    500: '#ab9228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9228;
$custom-light: #c8b16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 62.085,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66415,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9228

secondary

#6A7CC4

accent

#62E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9228

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

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