#AB9D38#AB9D38

#AB9D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.121 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9D38
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -6.94, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 53.05, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0238 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.121 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5666, 33.0587, 8.5642)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9D38 #3846AB

analogous

#AB6438 #AB9D38 #7FAB38

triadic

#AB9D38 #38AB9D #9D38AB

tetradic

#AB9D38 #38AB64 #3846AB #AB387F

square

#AB9D38 #38AB64 #3846AB #AB387F

split-complementary

#AB9D38 #387FAB #6438AB

monochromatic

#4F481A #7D7329 #AB9D38 #C8BB58 #D7CD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AB9D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AB9D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9D38

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9D38	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)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.121 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b974',
    500: '#ab9d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9d38;
$custom-light: #c7b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68908,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9D38

secondary

#7D86C1

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9D38

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

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