#AB9D28#AB9D28

#AB9D28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.131 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9D28
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 40)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 76.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, -7.75, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 59.18, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.0278 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.131 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2359, 32.9264, 6.8225)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9D28 #2836AB

analogous

#AB5C28 #AB9D28 #78AB28

triadic

#AB9D28 #28AB9D #9D28AB

tetradic

#AB9D28 #28AB5C #2836AB #AB2878

square

#AB9D28 #28AB5C #2836AB #AB2878

split-complementary

#AB9D28 #2878AB #5C28AB

monochromatic

#484211 #796F1C #AB9D28 #D2C23E #DED270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AB9D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#AB9D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9D28

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9D28	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)

#AC980E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.131 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b96c',
    500: '#ab9d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9d28;
$custom-light: #c8b96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 62.085,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68789,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9D28

secondary

#6A74C4

accent

#54E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9D28

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

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