#AB9942#AB9942

#AB9942 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.109 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9942
RGB	rgb(171, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 61.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -4.14, 47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 47.23, 95.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0146 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.109 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1704, 31.8350, 9.7615)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9942 #4254AB

analogous

#AB6542 #AB9942 #89AB42

triadic

#AB9942 #42AB99 #9942AB

tetradic

#AB9942 #42AB65 #4254AB #AB4289

square

#AB9942 #42AB65 #4254AB #AB4289

split-complementary

#AB9942 #4289AB #6542AB

monochromatic

#534A20 #7F7131 #AB9942 #C4B466 #D5CA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AB9942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#AB9942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9942

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9942	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.109 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b67a',
    500: '#ab9942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9942;
$custom-light: #c7b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68142,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9942

secondary

#8892C0

accent

#6AD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9942

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

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