#AB9B36#AB9B36

#AB9B36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.121 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9B36
RGB	rgb(171, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 68.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -5.99, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 53.20, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0213 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.121 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1831, 32.3683, 8.1998)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9B36 #3646AB

analogous

#AB6136 #AB9B36 #81AB36

triadic

#AB9B36 #36AB9B #9B36AB

tetradic

#AB9B36 #36AB61 #3646AB #AB3681

square

#AB9B36 #36AB61 #3646AB #AB3681

split-complementary

#AB9B36 #3681AB #6136AB

monochromatic

#4E4719 #7C7127 #AB9B36 #C9B955 #D8CC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AB9B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#AB9B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9B36

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9B36	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.121 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b873',
    500: '#ab9b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9b36;
$custom-light: #c7b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68457,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9B36

secondary

#7B85C2

accent

#60DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9B36

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

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