#AB9C49#AB9C49

#AB9C49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.106 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9C49
RGB	rgb(171, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 57.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, -5.23, 44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 45.02, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% -0.0169 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.106 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8867, 32.9171, 11.0814)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9C49 #4958AB

analogous

#AB6B49 #AB9C49 #89AB49

triadic

#AB9C49 #49AB9C #9C49AB

tetradic

#AB9C49 #49AB6B #4958AB #AB4989

square

#AB9C49 #49AB6B #4958AB #AB4989

split-complementary

#AB9C49 #4989AB #6B49AB

monochromatic

#554E24 #807537 #AB9C49 #C2B56F #D4CB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AB9C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#AB9C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9C49

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9C49	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.106 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b97e',
    500: '#ab9c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9c49;
$custom-light: #c6b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.816,
    "s": 40.164,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68868,
    "c": 0.10551,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9C49

secondary

#8F97C0

accent

#6AD058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9C49

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

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