#AB9B2A#AB9B2A

#AB9B2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9B2A
RGB	rgb(171, 155, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 75.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -6.59, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 57.84, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.0243 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9352, 32.2691, 6.8945)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9B2A #2A3AAB

analogous

#AB5B2A #AB9B2A #7BAB2A

triadic

#AB9B2A #2AAB9B #9B2AAB

tetradic

#AB9B2A #2AAB5B #2A3AAB #AB2A7B

square

#AB9B2A #2AAB5B #2A3AAB #AB2A7B

split-complementary

#AB9B2A #2A7BAB #5B2AAB

monochromatic

#494212 #7A6E1E #AB9B2A #D1BF42 #DDCF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AB9B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#AB9B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9B2A

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9B2A	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 155, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b86c',
    500: '#ab9b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9b2a;
$custom-light: #c8b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68366,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9B2A

secondary

#6D78C4

accent

#58E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9B2A

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

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