#AB993B#AB993B

#AB993B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.115 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB993B
RGB	rgb(171, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 65.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, -4.61, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 50.39, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.0168 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.115 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9765, 31.7575, 8.7403)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB993B #3B4DAB

analogous

#AB613B #AB993B #85AB3B

triadic

#AB993B #3BAB99 #993BAB

tetradic

#AB993B #3BAB61 #3B4DAB #AB3B85

square

#AB993B #3BAB61 #3B4DAB #AB3B85

split-complementary

#AB993B #3B85AB #613BAB

monochromatic

#50481C #7D702B #AB993B #C7B65C #D7CA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AB993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#AB993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB993B

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB993B	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)

#A79530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.115 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b675',
    500: '#ab993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab993b;
$custom-light: #c7b675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6807,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB993B

secondary

#818BC1

accent

#66D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB993B

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

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