#AB9237#AB9237

#AB9237 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.113 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9237
RGB	rgb(171, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -1.06, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 49.92, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.0071 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.113 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7644, 29.4930, 7.8440)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9237 #3750AB

analogous

#AB5837 #AB9237 #8AAB37

triadic

#AB9237 #37AB92 #9237AB

tetradic

#AB9237 #37AB58 #3750AB #AB378A

square

#AB9237 #37AB58 #3750AB #AB378A

split-complementary

#AB9237 #378AAB #5837AB

monochromatic

#4E4319 #7D6A28 #AB9237 #C9B056 #D8C685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#AB9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#AB9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9237

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9237	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	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)

#A18F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.113 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b173',
    500: '#ab9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9237;
$custom-light: #c7b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.069,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66534,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9237

secondary

#7C8BC1

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9237

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

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