#AB9836#AB9836

#AB9836 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.118 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9836
RGB	rgb(171, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 68.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, -4.38, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 52.20, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0167 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.118 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6900, 31.3821, 8.0355)
Luminance	0.3138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9836 #3649AB

analogous

#AB5D36 #AB9836 #84AB36

triadic

#AB9836 #36AB98 #9836AB

tetradic

#AB9836 #36AB5D #3649AB #AB3684

square

#AB9836 #36AB5D #3649AB #AB3684

split-complementary

#AB9836 #3684AB #5D36AB

monochromatic

#4E4519 #7C6F27 #AB9836 #C9B655 #D8CA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AB9836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#AB9836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9836

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9836	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.118 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b672',
    500: '#ab9836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9836;
$custom-light: #c7b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.256,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67809,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9836

secondary

#7B87C2

accent

#64DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9836

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

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