#AB9636#AB9636

#AB9636 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.117 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9636
RGB	rgb(171, 150, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 68.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -3.30, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 51.57, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.0136 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.117 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3681, 30.7384, 7.9282)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9636 #364BAB

analogous

#AB5C36 #AB9636 #86AB36

triadic

#AB9636 #36AB96 #9636AB

tetradic

#AB9636 #36AB5C #364BAB #AB3686

square

#AB9636 #36AB5C #364BAB #AB3686

split-complementary

#AB9636 #3686AB #5C36AB

monochromatic

#4E4419 #7C6D27 #AB9636 #C9B455 #D8C983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AB9636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#AB9636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9636

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9636	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 150, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.117 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b472',
    500: '#ab9636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9636;
$custom-light: #c7b472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67379,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9636

secondary

#7B88C2

accent

#66DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9636

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

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