#AB9C36#AB9C36

#AB9C36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9C36
RGB	rgb(171, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 68.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -6.52, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 53.54, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% -0.0228 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.121 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3502, 32.7025, 8.2555)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9C36 #3645AB

analogous

#AB6236 #AB9C36 #80AB36

triadic

#AB9C36 #36AB9C #9C36AB

tetradic

#AB9C36 #36AB62 #3645AB #AB3680

square

#AB9C36 #36AB62 #3645AB #AB3680

split-complementary

#AB9C36 #3680AB #6236AB

monochromatic

#4E4719 #7C7227 #AB9C36 #C9BA55 #D8CD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AB9C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#AB9C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9C36

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9C36	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.121 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b873',
    500: '#ab9c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9c36;
$custom-light: #c7b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68674,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9C36

secondary

#7B84C2

accent

#5FDB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9C36

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

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