#AB9C28#AB9C28

#AB9C28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9C28
RGB	rgb(171, 156, 40)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 76.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, -7.21, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 58.86, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.0263 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0674, 32.5894, 6.7664)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9C28 #2837AB

analogous

#AB5B28 #AB9C28 #79AB28

triadic

#AB9C28 #28AB9C #9C28AB

tetradic

#AB9C28 #28AB5B #2837AB #AB2879

square

#AB9C28 #28AB5B #2837AB #AB2879

split-complementary

#AB9C28 #2879AB #5B28AB

monochromatic

#484211 #796F1C #AB9C28 #D2C13E #DED170

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AB9C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#AB9C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9C28

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9C28	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB970F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 156, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b86b',
    500: '#ab9c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9c28;
$custom-light: #c8b86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 62.085,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68571,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9C28

secondary

#6A75C4

accent

#55E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9C28

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

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