#AB9D2C#AB9D2C

#AB9D2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.129 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9D2C
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 74.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -7.57, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 57.77, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0269 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.129 102)
XYZ	xyz(29.3075, 32.9550, 7.1996)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9D2C #2C3AAB

analogous

#AB5E2C #AB9D2C #7AAB2C

triadic

#AB9D2C #2CAB9D #9D2CAB

tetradic

#AB9D2C #2CAB5E #2C3AAB #AB2C7A

square

#AB9D2C #2CAB5E #2C3AAB #AB2C7A

split-complementary

#AB9D2C #2C7AAB #5E2CAB

monochromatic

#4A4413 #7A701F #AB9D2C #CFC045 #DCD076

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AB9D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#AB9D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9D2C

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9D2C	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)

#AC9817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.129 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b96e',
    500: '#ab9d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9d2c;
$custom-light: #c8b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68815,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.32954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9D2C

secondary

#6F79C3

accent

#57E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9D2C

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

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