#AB9D2B#AB9D2B

#AB9D2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.130 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9D2B
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 74.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -7.62, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 58.13, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0271 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.13 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2889, 32.9476, 7.1018)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9D2B #2B39AB

analogous

#AB5D2B #AB9D2B #79AB2B

triadic

#AB9D2B #2BAB9D #9D2BAB

tetradic

#AB9D2B #2BAB5D #2B39AB #AB2B79

square

#AB9D2B #2BAB5D #2B39AB #AB2B79

split-complementary

#AB9D2B #2B79AB #5D2BAB

monochromatic

#494312 #7A701F #AB9D2B #D0C043 #DCD174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AB9D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#AB9D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9D2B

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9D2B	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.130 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b96d',
    500: '#ab9d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9d2b;
$custom-light: #c8b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68808,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9D2B

secondary

#6E78C4

accent

#56E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9D2B

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

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