#AB992A#AB992A

#AB992A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB992A
RGB	rgb(171, 153, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 75.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, -5.52, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 57.22, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0213 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6051, 31.6089, 6.7845)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB992A #2A3CAB

analogous

#AB592A #AB992A #7DAB2A

triadic

#AB992A #2AAB99 #992AAB

tetradic

#AB992A #2AAB59 #2A3CAB #AB2A7D

square

#AB992A #2AAB59 #2A3CAB #AB2A7D

split-complementary

#AB992A #2A7DAB #592AAB

monochromatic

#494112 #7A6D1E #AB992A #D1BD42 #DDCE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AB992A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#AB992A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB992A

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB992A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB992A	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab992a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 153, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b66c',
    500: '#ab992a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab992a;
$custom-light: #c8b66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab992a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67933,
    "c": 0.12695,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB992A

secondary

#6D79C4

accent

#5AE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB992A

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

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