#AB9B38#AB9B38

#AB9B38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.119 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9B38
RGB	rgb(171, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -5.87, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 52.36, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0207 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.119 100)
XYZ	xyz(29.2310, 32.3874, 8.4523)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9B38 #3848AB

analogous

#AB6238 #AB9B38 #82AB38

triadic

#AB9B38 #38AB9B #9B38AB

tetradic

#AB9B38 #38AB62 #3848AB #AB3882

square

#AB9B38 #38AB62 #3848AB #AB3882

split-complementary

#AB9B38 #3882AB #6238AB

monochromatic

#4F471A #7D7129 #AB9B38 #C8B958 #D7CC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AB9B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#AB9B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9B38

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9B38	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)

#A9972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.119 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b874',
    500: '#ab9b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9b38;
$custom-light: #c7b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.652,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68474,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.32386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9B38

secondary

#7D87C1

accent

#61DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9B38

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

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