#AB9D37#AB9D37

#AB9D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.122 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9D37
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -7.00, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 53.47, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0241 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.122 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5424, 33.0490, 8.4367)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9D37 #3745AB

analogous

#AB6337 #AB9D37 #7FAB37

triadic

#AB9D37 #37AB9D #9D37AB

tetradic

#AB9D37 #37AB63 #3745AB #AB377F

square

#AB9D37 #37AB63 #3745AB #AB377F

split-complementary

#AB9D37 #377FAB #6337AB

monochromatic

#4E4819 #7D7228 #AB9D37 #C9BB56 #D8CE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AB9D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AB9D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9D37

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9D37	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)

#AB9829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.122 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b973',
    500: '#ab9d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9d37;
$custom-light: #c7b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68899,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9D37

secondary

#7C85C1

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9D37

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

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