#AB992B#AB992B

#AB992B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB992B
RGB	rgb(171, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 74.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, -5.48, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 56.85, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.0211 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6232, 31.6162, 6.8799)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB992B #2B3DAB

analogous

#AB592B #AB992B #7DAB2B

triadic

#AB992B #2BAB99 #992BAB

tetradic

#AB992B #2BAB59 #2B3DAB #AB2B7D

square

#AB992B #2BAB59 #2B3DAB #AB2B7D

split-complementary

#AB992B #2B7DAB #592BAB

monochromatic

#494112 #7A6D1F #AB992B #D0BC43 #DCCE74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AB992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#AB992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB992B

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB992B	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)

#A89517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b66d',
    500: '#ab992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab992b;
$custom-light: #c8b66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67939,
    "c": 0.12635,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB992B

secondary

#6E7AC4

accent

#5BE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB992B

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

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