#AB9656#AB9656

#AB9656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.087 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9656
RGB	rgb(171, 150, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 49.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, -0.84, 36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 36.43, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0027 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.087 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3816, 31.1438, 13.2660)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9656 #566BAB

analogous

#AB6B56 #AB9656 #96AB56

triadic

#AB9656 #56AB96 #9656AB

tetradic

#AB9656 #56AB6B #566BAB #AB5696

square

#AB9656 #56AB6B #566BAB #AB5696

split-complementary

#AB9656 #5696AB #6B56AB

monochromatic

#5A4F2D #837341 #AB9656 #BFAF7F #D4C9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AB9656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#AB9656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9656

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9656	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 150, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.087 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b487',
    500: '#ab9656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9656;
$custom-light: #c6b487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.176,
    "s": 33.597,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6776,
    "c": 0.0873,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9656

secondary

#9BA5C1

accent

#79CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9656

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

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