#AB9738#AB9738

#AB9738 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.116 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9738
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.57, -3.72, 50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.57, 51.03, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% -0.0146 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.116 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5763, 31.0781, 8.2341)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9738 #384CAB

analogous

#AB5D38 #AB9738 #86AB38

triadic

#AB9738 #38AB97 #9738AB

tetradic

#AB9738 #38AB5D #384CAB #AB3886

square

#AB9738 #38AB5D #384CAB #AB3886

split-complementary

#AB9738 #3886AB #5D38AB

monochromatic

#4F461A #7D6E29 #AB9738 #C8B558 #D7C986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AB9738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#AB9738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9738

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9738	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.116 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b574',
    500: '#ab9738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9738;
$custom-light: #c7b574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67612,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9738

secondary

#7D89C1

accent

#66DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9738

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

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