#AB9A39#AB9A39

#AB9A39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.118 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9A39
RGB	rgb(171, 154, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 66.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, -5.27, 51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 51.59, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0189 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.118 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0900, 32.0659, 8.5272)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9A39 #394AAB

analogous

#AB6139 #AB9A39 #83AB39

triadic

#AB9A39 #39AB9A #9A39AB

tetradic

#AB9A39 #39AB61 #394AAB #AB3983

square

#AB9A39 #39AB61 #394AAB #AB3983

split-complementary

#AB9A39 #3983AB #6139AB

monochromatic

#4F471A #7D712A #AB9A39 #C8B759 #D7CB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AB9A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#AB9A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9A39

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9A39	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	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)

#A8962D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 154, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.118 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b774',
    500: '#ab9a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9a39;
$custom-light: #c7b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68267,
    "c": 0.11751,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9A39

secondary

#7F89C1

accent

#63DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9A39

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

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