#AB9835#AB9835

#AB9835 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.119 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9835
RGB	rgb(171, 152, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 69%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -4.43, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 52.62, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.017 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.119 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6668, 31.3728, 7.9131)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9835 #3548AB

analogous

#AB5D35 #AB9835 #83AB35

triadic

#AB9835 #35AB98 #9835AB

tetradic

#AB9835 #35AB5D #3548AB #AB3583

square

#AB9835 #35AB5D #3548AB #AB3583

split-complementary

#AB9835 #3583AB #5D35AB

monochromatic

#4E4518 #7C6E27 #AB9835 #CAB753 #D8CA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AB9835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#AB9835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9835

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9835	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 152, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.119 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b672',
    500: '#ab9835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9835;
$custom-light: #c7b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 52.679,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.678,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9835

secondary

#7A86C2

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9835

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

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