#AB9938#AB9938

#AB9938 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.117 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9938
RGB	rgb(171, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, -4.80, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 51.69, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0177 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.117 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9009, 31.7273, 8.3423)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9938 #384AAB

analogous

#AB6038 #AB9938 #84AB38

triadic

#AB9938 #38AB99 #9938AB

tetradic

#AB9938 #38AB60 #384AAB #AB3884

square

#AB9938 #38AB60 #384AAB #AB3884

split-complementary

#AB9938 #3884AB #6038AB

monochromatic

#4F471A #7D7029 #AB9938 #C8B758 #D7CB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AB9938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#AB9938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9938

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9938	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.117 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b674',
    500: '#ab9938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9938;
$custom-light: #c7b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.609,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68042,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9938

secondary

#7D88C1

accent

#64DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9938

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

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