#AB9A2C#AB9A2C

#AB9A2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.127 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9A2C
RGB	rgb(171, 154, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 74.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -5.97, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 56.80, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0224 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8062, 31.9523, 7.0325)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9A2C #2C3DAB

analogous

#AB5B2C #AB9A2C #7CAB2C

triadic

#AB9A2C #2CAB9A #9A2CAB

tetradic

#AB9A2C #2CAB5B #2C3DAB #AB2C7C

square

#AB9A2C #2CAB5B #2C3DAB #AB2C7C

split-complementary

#AB9A2C #2C7CAB #5B2CAB

monochromatic

#4A4213 #7A6E1F #AB9A2C #CFBD45 #DCCE76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AB9A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#AB9A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9A2C

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9A2C	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 154, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b76d',
    500: '#ab9a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9a2c;
$custom-light: #c8b76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68163,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9A2C

secondary

#6F7BC3

accent

#5BE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9A2C

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

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