#AB9533#AB9533

#AB9533 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.118 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9533
RGB	rgb(171, 149, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 70.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, -2.92, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 52.51, 93.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% -0.0129 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.118 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1409, 30.3933, 7.5156)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9533 #3349AB

analogous

#AB5933 #AB9533 #85AB33

triadic

#AB9533 #33AB95 #9533AB

tetradic

#AB9533 #33AB59 #3349AB #AB3385

square

#AB9533 #33AB59 #3349AB #AB3385

split-complementary

#AB9533 #3385AB #5933AB

monochromatic

#4D4317 #7C6C25 #AB9533 #CBB450 #D9C97F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AB9533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#AB9533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9533

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9533	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 149, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.118 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b370',
    500: '#ab9533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9533;
$custom-light: #c7b370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67139,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9533

secondary

#7885C2

accent

#65DD4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9533

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

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