#AB9C2C#AB9C2C

#AB9C2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.128 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9C2C
RGB	rgb(171, 156, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 74.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, -7.04, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 57.44, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0254 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.128 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1390, 32.6180, 7.1434)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9C2C #2C3BAB

analogous

#AB5C2C #AB9C2C #7BAB2C

triadic

#AB9C2C #2CAB9C #9C2CAB

tetradic

#AB9C2C #2CAB5C #2C3BAB #AB2C7B

square

#AB9C2C #2CAB5C #2C3BAB #AB2C7B

split-complementary

#AB9C2C #2C7BAB #5C2CAB

monochromatic

#4A4313 #7A701F #AB9C2C #CFBF45 #DCD076

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AB9C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#AB9C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9C2C

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9C2C	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)

#AB9718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 156, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.128 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b86d',
    500: '#ab9c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9c2c;
$custom-light: #c8b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68597,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9C2C

secondary

#6F79C3

accent

#58E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9C2C

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

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