#AB9C3A#AB9C3A

#AB9C3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.118 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9C3A
RGB	rgb(171, 156, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 66.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -6.29, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 51.85, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0217 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.118 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4480, 32.7416, 8.7708)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9C3A #3A49AB

analogous

#AB633A #AB9C3A #82AB3A

triadic

#AB9C3A #3AAB9C #9C3AAB

tetradic

#AB9C3A #3AAB63 #3A49AB #AB3A82

square

#AB9C3A #3AAB63 #3A49AB #AB3A82

split-complementary

#AB9C3A #3A82AB #633AAB

monochromatic

#50491B #7D722A #AB9C3A #C7B95B #D7CC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AB9C3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#AB9C3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9C3A

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9C3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9C3A	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA982E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9c3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 156, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.118 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b875',
    500: '#ab9c3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9c3a;
$custom-light: #c7b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9c3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.035,
    "s": 49.345,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68709,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9C3A

secondary

#8088C1

accent

#61D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9C3A

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

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