#AB972D#AB972D

#AB972D 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 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB972D
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 73.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -4.31, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 55.49, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0175 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.124 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3362, 30.9820, 6.9697)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB972D #2D41AB

analogous

#AB582D #AB972D #80AB2D

triadic

#AB972D #2DAB97 #972DAB

tetradic

#AB972D #2DAB58 #2D41AB #AB2D80

square

#AB972D #2DAB58 #2D41AB #AB2D80

split-complementary

#AB972D #2D80AB #582DAB

monochromatic

#4A4114 #7B6C20 #AB972D #CEB947 #DBCB77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AB972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#AB972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB972D

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB972D	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6931B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.124 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b56d',
    500: '#ab972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab972d;
$custom-light: #c8b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67522,
    "c": 0.12354,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB972D

secondary

#717EC3

accent

#5FE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB972D

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

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