#AB9B42#AB9B42

#AB9B42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.111 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9B42
RGB	rgb(171, 155, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 61.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -5.22, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 47.94, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.0177 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.111 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5005, 32.4952, 9.8715)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9B42 #4252AB

analogous

#AB6742 #AB9B42 #87AB42

triadic

#AB9B42 #42AB9B #9B42AB

tetradic

#AB9B42 #42AB67 #4252AB #AB4287

square

#AB9B42 #42AB67 #4252AB #AB4287

split-complementary

#AB9B42 #4287AB #6742AB

monochromatic

#534B20 #7F7331 #AB9B42 #C4B666 #D5CB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AB9B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#AB9B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9B42

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9B42	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 155, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.111 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b87a',
    500: '#ab9b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9b42;
$custom-light: #c7b87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.857,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68573,
    "c": 0.11097,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9B42

secondary

#8891C0

accent

#67D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9B42

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

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