#AB9837#AB9837

#AB9837 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.117 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9837
RGB	rgb(171, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -4.32, 51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 51.78, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0164 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.117 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7137, 31.3916, 8.1604)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9837 #374AAB

analogous

#AB5E37 #AB9837 #84AB37

triadic

#AB9837 #37AB98 #9837AB

tetradic

#AB9837 #37AB5E #374AAB #AB3784

square

#AB9837 #37AB5E #374AAB #AB3784

split-complementary

#AB9837 #3784AB #5E37AB

monochromatic

#4E4619 #7D6F28 #AB9837 #C9B656 #D8CA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AB9837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#AB9837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9837

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9837	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)

#A7942A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.117 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b673',
    500: '#ab9837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9837;
$custom-light: #c7b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.172,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67818,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9837

secondary

#7C88C1

accent

#64DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9837

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

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