#AB9231#AB9231

#AB9231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.117 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9231
RGB	rgb(171, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, -1.40, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 52.44, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% -0.0088 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.117 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6293, 29.4390, 7.1321)
Luminance	0.2944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9231 #314AAB

analogous

#AB5531 #AB9231 #87AB31

triadic

#AB9231 #31AB92 #9231AB

tetradic

#AB9231 #31AB55 #314AAB #AB3187

square

#AB9231 #31AB55 #314AAB #AB3187

split-complementary

#AB9231 #3187AB #5531AB

monochromatic

#4C4116 #7B6923 #AB9231 #CCB24D #DAC77D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AB9231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#AB9231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9231

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9231	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.117 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b16f',
    500: '#ab9231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9231;
$custom-light: #c8b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66482,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9231

secondary

#7585C2

accent

#68DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9231

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

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