#AB9D39#AB9D39

#AB9D39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.120 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9D39
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 66.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, -6.88, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 52.63, 97.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0235 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.12 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5913, 33.0685, 8.6943)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9D39 #3947AB

analogous

#AB6439 #AB9D39 #80AB39

triadic

#AB9D39 #39AB9D #9D39AB

tetradic

#AB9D39 #39AB64 #3947AB #AB3980

square

#AB9D39 #39AB64 #3947AB #AB3980

split-complementary

#AB9D39 #3980AB #6439AB

monochromatic

#4F491A #7D732A #AB9D39 #C8BA59 #D7CD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AB9D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AB9D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9D39

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9D39	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)

#AB982C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.120 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b975',
    500: '#ab9d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9d39;
$custom-light: #c7b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68917,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9D39

secondary

#7F87C1

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9D39

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

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