#AB9537#AB9537

#AB9537 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.115 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9537
RGB	rgb(171, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, -2.70, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 50.83, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.0118 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.115 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2330, 30.4301, 8.0002)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9537 #374DAB

analogous

#AB5B37 #AB9537 #87AB37

triadic

#AB9537 #37AB95 #9537AB

tetradic

#AB9537 #37AB5B #374DAB #AB3787

square

#AB9537 #37AB5B #374DAB #AB3787

split-complementary

#AB9537 #3787AB #5B37AB

monochromatic

#4E4419 #7D6D28 #AB9537 #C9B356 #D8C885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AB9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#AB9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9537

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9537	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.115 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b373',
    500: '#ab9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9537;
$custom-light: #c7b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.621,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67174,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9537

secondary

#7C89C1

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9537

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

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