#AB9236#AB9236

#AB9236 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.114 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9236
RGB	rgb(171, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 68.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -1.12, 50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 50.35, 91.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.0074 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.114 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7407, 29.4835, 7.7190)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9236 #364FAB

analogous

#AB5736 #AB9236 #8AAB36

triadic

#AB9236 #36AB92 #9236AB

tetradic

#AB9236 #36AB57 #364FAB #AB368A

square

#AB9236 #36AB57 #364FAB #AB368A

split-complementary

#AB9236 #368AAB #5736AB

monochromatic

#4E4319 #7C6A27 #AB9236 #C9B055 #D8C683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AB9236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#AB9236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9236

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9236	1.00	3.05	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.114 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b172',
    500: '#ab9236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9236;
$custom-light: #c7b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.179,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66525,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9236

secondary

#7B8AC2

accent

#6BDB4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9236

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

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