#AB9639#AB9639

#AB9639 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.114 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9639
RGB	rgb(171, 150, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 66.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, -3.12, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 50.28, 93.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0128 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.114 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4408, 30.7674, 8.3107)
Luminance	0.3077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9639 #394EAB

analogous

#AB5D39 #AB9639 #87AB39

triadic

#AB9639 #39AB96 #9639AB

tetradic

#AB9639 #39AB5D #394EAB #AB3987

square

#AB9639 #39AB5D #394EAB #AB3987

split-complementary

#AB9639 #3987AB #5D39AB

monochromatic

#4F451A #7D6E2A #AB9639 #C8B359 #D7C887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AB9639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#AB9639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9639

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9639	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)

#A5932E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 150, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.114 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b474',
    500: '#ab9639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9639;
$custom-light: #c7b474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67407,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9639

secondary

#7F8BC1

accent

#68DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9639

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

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