#AB9838#AB9838

#AB9838 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.117 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9838
RGB	rgb(171, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -4.26, 51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 51.36, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0161 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.117 98)
XYZ	xyz(28.7379, 31.4013, 8.2879)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9838 #384BAB

analogous

#AB5F38 #AB9838 #85AB38

triadic

#AB9838 #38AB98 #9838AB

tetradic

#AB9838 #38AB5F #384BAB #AB3885

square

#AB9838 #38AB5F #384BAB #AB3885

split-complementary

#AB9838 #3885AB #5F38AB

monochromatic

#4F461A #7D6F29 #AB9838 #C8B658 #D7CA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AB9838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#AB9838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9838

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9838	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	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)

#A7942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.117 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b674',
    500: '#ab9838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9838;
$custom-light: #c7b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67827,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9838

secondary

#7D89C1

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9838

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

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