#AB9A35#AB9A35
#AB9A35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.121 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AB9A35 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(171, 154, 53) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 53%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 69%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 69%, 32.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.37, -5.51, 52.99) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.37, 53.28, 95.93°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.23% -0.0201 0.1188) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.23% 0.121 99.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.9941, 32.0275, 8.0222) |
| Luminance | 0.3203 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.37
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 4.85
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 4.97
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 5.38
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 6.09
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 6.38
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AB9A35 #3546AB
analogous
#AB5F35 #AB9A35 #81AB35
triadic
#AB9A35 #35AB9A #9A35AB
tetradic
#AB9A35 #35AB5F #3546AB #AB3581
square
#AB9A35 #35AB5F #3546AB #AB3581
split-complementary
#AB9A35 #3581AB #5F35AB
monochromatic
#4E4618 #7C7027 #AB9A35 #CAB953 #D8CC82
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.84
#AB9A35 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.41
#AB9A35 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AB9A35
7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AB9A35 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AB9A35 | 1.00 | 2.84 | 7.41 | 7.41 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.84 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A99627
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AD9C3B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B88F85
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ab9a35; /* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 154, 53); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.121 99.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c7b772',
500: '#ab9a35',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ab9a35; $custom-light: #c7b772; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ab9a35",
"rgb": {
"r": 171,
"g": 154,
"b": 53
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.356,
"s": 52.679,
"l": 43.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68232,
"c": 0.12051,
"h": 99.6
},
"luminance": 0.32026
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AB9A35
secondary
#7A84C2
accent
#61DC4C
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#131108
muted
#82807B