#AB9C2E#AB9C2E

#AB9C2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9C2E
RGB	rgb(171, 156, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 73.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -6.94, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 56.70, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0249 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1775, 32.6334, 7.3462)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9C2E #2E3DAB

analogous

#AB5D2E #AB9C2E #7CAB2E

triadic

#AB9C2E #2EAB9C #9C2EAB

tetradic

#AB9C2E #2EAB5D #2E3DAB #AB2E7C

square

#AB9C2E #2EAB5D #2E3DAB #AB2E7C

split-complementary

#AB9C2E #2E7CAB #5D2EAB

monochromatic

#4B4414 #7B7021 #AB9C2E #CEBE48 #DBCF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AB9C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#AB9C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9C2E

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9C2E	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB971B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 156, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b86e',
    500: '#ab9c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9c2e;
$custom-light: #c8b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 57.604,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68611,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9C2E

secondary

#727CC3

accent

#59E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9C2E

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

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