#AB9935#AB9935

#AB9935 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.120 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9935
RGB	rgb(171, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 69%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, -4.97, 52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 52.95, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0185 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.12 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8297, 31.6988, 7.9674)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9935 #3547AB

analogous

#AB5E35 #AB9935 #82AB35

triadic

#AB9935 #35AB99 #9935AB

tetradic

#AB9935 #35AB5E #3547AB #AB3582

square

#AB9935 #35AB5E #3547AB #AB3582

split-complementary

#AB9935 #3582AB #5E35AB

monochromatic

#4E4518 #7C6F27 #AB9935 #CAB853 #D8CB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AB9935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#AB9935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9935

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9935	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.120 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b672',
    500: '#ab9935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9935;
$custom-light: #c7b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 52.679,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68016,
    "c": 0.11968,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9935

secondary

#7A85C2

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9935

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

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