#AB9C2A#AB9C2A

#AB9C2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.129 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9C2A
RGB	rgb(171, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 75.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -7.13, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 58.16, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0258 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.129 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1023, 32.6033, 6.9502)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9C2A #2A39AB

analogous

#AB5C2A #AB9C2A #7AAB2A

triadic

#AB9C2A #2AAB9C #9C2AAB

tetradic

#AB9C2A #2AAB5C #2A39AB #AB2A7A

square

#AB9C2A #2AAB5C #2A39AB #AB2A7A

split-complementary

#AB9C2A #2A7AAB #5C2AAB

monochromatic

#494212 #7A6F1E #AB9C2A #D1C042 #DDD073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AB9C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#AB9C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9C2A

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9C2A	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)

#AB9714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.129 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b86c',
    500: '#ab9c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9c2a;
$custom-light: #c8b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68584,
    "c": 0.1294,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9C2A

secondary

#6D77C4

accent

#57E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9C2A

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

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