#AB9D35#AB9D35

#AB9D35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.123 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9D35
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 69%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -7.11, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 54.30, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0246 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.123 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4954, 33.0302, 8.1893)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9D35 #3543AB

analogous

#AB6235 #AB9D35 #7EAB35

triadic

#AB9D35 #35AB9D #9D35AB

tetradic

#AB9D35 #35AB62 #3543AB #AB357E

square

#AB9D35 #35AB62 #3543AB #AB357E

split-complementary

#AB9D35 #357EAB #6235AB

monochromatic

#4E4718 #7C7227 #AB9D35 #CABC53 #D8CE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AB9D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AB9D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9D35

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9D35	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.123 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b972',
    500: '#ab9d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9d35;
$custom-light: #c7b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 52.679,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68882,
    "c": 0.12308,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9D35

secondary

#7A83C2

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9D35

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

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