#AB962B#AB962B

#AB962B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.124 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB962B
RGB	rgb(171, 150, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 74.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, -3.86, 55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 55.94, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% -0.0165 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.124 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1384, 30.6465, 6.7183)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB962B #2B40AB

analogous

#AB562B #AB962B #80AB2B

triadic

#AB962B #2BAB96 #962BAB

tetradic

#AB962B #2BAB56 #2B40AB #AB2B80

square

#AB962B #2BAB56 #2B40AB #AB2B80

split-complementary

#AB962B #2B80AB #562BAB

monochromatic

#494012 #7A6B1F #AB962B #D0B943 #DCCB74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AB962B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#AB962B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB962B

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB962B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB962B	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab962b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 150, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.124 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b46c',
    500: '#ab962b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab962b;
$custom-light: #c8b46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab962b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67292,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB962B

secondary

#6E7CC4

accent

#5FE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB962B

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

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