#AB9B37#AB9B37

#AB9B37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.120 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9B37
RGB	rgb(171, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -5.93, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 52.78, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.021 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.12 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2068, 32.3778, 8.3248)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9B37 #3747AB

analogous

#AB6137 #AB9B37 #81AB37

triadic

#AB9B37 #37AB9B #9B37AB

tetradic

#AB9B37 #37AB61 #3747AB #AB3781

square

#AB9B37 #37AB61 #3747AB #AB3781

split-complementary

#AB9B37 #3781AB #6137AB

monochromatic

#4E4719 #7D7128 #AB9B37 #C9B956 #D8CC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AB9B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#AB9B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9B37

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9B37	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.120 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b873',
    500: '#ab9b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9b37;
$custom-light: #c7b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68466,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9B37

secondary

#7C86C1

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9B37

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

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