#AB972C#AB972C

#AB972C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.124 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB972C
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 44)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 74.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -4.36, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 55.87, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0178 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.124 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3172, 30.9744, 6.8695)
Luminance	0.3097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB972C #2C40AB

analogous

#AB572C #AB972C #80AB2C

triadic

#AB972C #2CAB97 #972CAB

tetradic

#AB972C #2CAB57 #2C40AB #AB2C80

square

#AB972C #2CAB57 #2C40AB #AB2C80

split-complementary

#AB972C #2C80AB #572CAB

monochromatic

#4A4113 #7A6C1F #AB972C #CFB945 #DCCC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AB972C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#AB972C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB972C

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB972C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB972C	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)

#A6931A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab972c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.124 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b56d',
    500: '#ab972c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab972c;
$custom-light: #c8b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab972c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67515,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB972C

secondary

#6F7DC3

accent

#5EE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB972C

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

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