#AB9C40#AB9C40

#AB9C40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.114 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9C40
RGB	rgb(171, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 62.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -5.89, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 49.21, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0199 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.114 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6096, 32.8063, 9.6221)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9C40 #404FAB

analogous

#AB6640 #AB9C40 #84AB40

triadic

#AB9C40 #40AB9C #9C40AB

tetradic

#AB9C40 #40AB66 #404FAB #AB4084

square

#AB9C40 #40AB66 #404FAB #AB4084

split-complementary

#AB9C40 #4084AB #6640AB

monochromatic

#524B1F #7E732F #AB9C40 #C5B763 #D5CC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AB9C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#AB9C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9C40

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9C40	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.114 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b879',
    500: '#ab9c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9c40;
$custom-light: #c7b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.589,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68768,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9C40

secondary

#868EC1

accent

#65D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9C40

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

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