#AB9736#AB9736

#AB9736 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.117 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9736
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 68.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, -3.84, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 51.88, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0152 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.117 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5284, 31.0589, 7.9816)
Luminance	0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9736 #364AAB

analogous

#AB5D36 #AB9736 #85AB36

triadic

#AB9736 #36AB97 #9736AB

tetradic

#AB9736 #36AB5D #364AAB #AB3685

square

#AB9736 #36AB5D #364AAB #AB3685

split-complementary

#AB9736 #3685AB #5D36AB

monochromatic

#4E4519 #7C6E27 #AB9736 #C9B555 #D8CA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AB9736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#AB9736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9736

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9736	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.117 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b572',
    500: '#ab9736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9736;
$custom-light: #c7b572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.744,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67594,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9736

secondary

#7B87C2

accent

#65DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9736

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

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