#AB9B2C#AB9B2C

#AB9B2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.127 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9B2C
RGB	rgb(171, 155, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 74.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -6.50, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 57.12, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0239 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.127 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9719, 32.2838, 7.0877)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9B2C #2C3CAB

analogous

#AB5C2C #AB9B2C #7CAB2C

triadic

#AB9B2C #2CAB9B #9B2CAB

tetradic

#AB9B2C #2CAB5C #2C3CAB #AB2C7C

square

#AB9B2C #2CAB5C #2C3CAB #AB2C7C

split-complementary

#AB9B2C #2C7CAB #5C2CAB

monochromatic

#4A4313 #7A6F1F #AB9B2C #CFBE45 #DCCF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AB9B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#AB9B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9B2C

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9B2C	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 155, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.127 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b86d',
    500: '#ab9b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9b2c;
$custom-light: #c8b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6838,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9B2C

secondary

#6F7AC3

accent

#59E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9B2C

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

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