#AB9527#AB9527

#AB9527 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.126 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9527
RGB	rgb(171, 149, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 77.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -3.50, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 57.09, 93.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% -0.0159 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.126 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9097, 30.3008, 6.2976)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9527 #273DAB

analogous

#AB5327 #AB9527 #7FAB27

triadic

#AB9527 #27AB95 #9527AB

tetradic

#AB9527 #27AB53 #273DAB #AB277F

square

#AB9527 #27AB53 #273DAB #AB277F

split-complementary

#AB9527 #277FAB #5327AB

monochromatic

#473E10 #796A1C #AB9527 #D3BA3D #DECB6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AB9527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#AB9527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9527

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9527	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA992E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 149, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.126 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b36a',
    500: '#ab9527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9527;
$custom-light: #c8b36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67051,
    "c": 0.12564,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9527

secondary

#6978C5

accent

#5DE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9527

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

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