#AB972B#AB972B

#AB972B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.125 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB972B
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 74.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, -4.40, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 56.24, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.018 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.125 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2986, 30.9670, 6.7717)
Luminance	0.3097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB972B #2B3FAB

analogous

#AB572B #AB972B #7FAB2B

triadic

#AB972B #2BAB97 #972BAB

tetradic

#AB972B #2BAB57 #2B3FAB #AB2B7F

square

#AB972B #2BAB57 #2B3FAB #AB2B7F

split-complementary

#AB972B #2B7FAB #572BAB

monochromatic

#494112 #7A6C1F #AB972B #D0BA43 #DCCC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AB972B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#AB972B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB972B

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB972B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB972B	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)

#A69318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab972b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.125 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b56c',
    500: '#ab972b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab972b;
$custom-light: #c8b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab972b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67508,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB972B

secondary

#6E7CC4

accent

#5EE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB972B

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

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