#AB972A#AB972A

#AB972A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.125 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB972A
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 75.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, -4.45, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 56.61, 94.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0183 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.125 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2805, 30.9597, 6.6763)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB972A #2A3EAB

analogous

#AB572A #AB972A #7FAB2A

triadic

#AB972A #2AAB97 #972AAB

tetradic

#AB972A #2AAB57 #2A3EAB #AB2A7F

square

#AB972A #2AAB57 #2A3EAB #AB2A7F

split-complementary

#AB972A #2A7FAB #572AAB

monochromatic

#494012 #7A6C1E #AB972A #D1BA42 #DDCC73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AB972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#AB972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB972A

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB972A	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.125 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b56c',
    500: '#ab972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab972a;
$custom-light: #c8b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67501,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB972A

secondary

#6D7AC4

accent

#5DE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB972A

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

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