#AB9A36#AB9A36

#AB9A36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.120 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9A36
RGB	rgb(171, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 68.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, -5.45, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 52.86, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.0198 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.12 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0173, 32.0368, 8.1446)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9A36 #3647AB

analogous

#AB6036 #AB9A36 #82AB36

triadic

#AB9A36 #36AB9A #9A36AB

tetradic

#AB9A36 #36AB60 #3647AB #AB3682

square

#AB9A36 #36AB60 #3647AB #AB3682

split-complementary

#AB9A36 #3682AB #6036AB

monochromatic

#4E4619 #7C7027 #AB9A36 #C9B855 #D8CC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AB9A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#AB9A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9A36

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9A36	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)

#A99628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.120 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b773',
    500: '#ab9a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9a36;
$custom-light: #c7b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.282,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68241,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9A36

secondary

#7B85C2

accent

#61DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9A36

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

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