#AB9D36#AB9D36

#AB9D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.122 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9D36
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 68.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -7.06, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 53.89, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.0243 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.122 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5187, 33.0395, 8.3117)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9D36 #3644AB

analogous

#AB6336 #AB9D36 #7FAB36

triadic

#AB9D36 #36AB9D #9D36AB

tetradic

#AB9D36 #36AB63 #3644AB #AB367F

square

#AB9D36 #36AB63 #3644AB #AB367F

split-complementary

#AB9D36 #367FAB #6336AB

monochromatic

#4E4819 #7C7227 #AB9D36 #C9BB55 #D8CE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AB9D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AB9D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9D36

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9D36	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)

#AB9828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.122 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b973',
    500: '#ab9d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9d36;
$custom-light: #c7b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68891,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9D36

secondary

#7B84C2

accent

#5DDB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9D36

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

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