#AB992C#AB992C

#AB992C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.126 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB992C
RGB	rgb(171, 153, 44)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 74.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -5.43, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 56.49, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% -0.0208 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.126 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6418, 31.6236, 6.9777)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB992C #2C3EAB

analogous

#AB5A2C #AB992C #7EAB2C

triadic

#AB992C #2CAB99 #992CAB

tetradic

#AB992C #2CAB5A #2C3EAB #AB2C7E

square

#AB992C #2CAB5A #2C3EAB #AB2C7E

split-complementary

#AB992C #2C7EAB #5A2CAB

monochromatic

#4A4213 #7A6D1F #AB992C #CFBC45 #DCCD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AB992C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#AB992C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB992C

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB992C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB992C	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)

#A89519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab992c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 153, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.126 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b66d',
    500: '#ab992c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab992c;
$custom-light: #c8b66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab992c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67946,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB992C

secondary

#6F7BC3

accent

#5CE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB992C

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

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