#AB9D3B#AB9D3B

#AB9D3B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.119 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9D3B
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 65.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, -6.76, 51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 51.78, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0229 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.119 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6422, 33.0889, 8.9622)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9D3B #3B49AB

analogous

#AB653B #AB9D3B #81AB3B

triadic

#AB9D3B #3BAB9D #9D3BAB

tetradic

#AB9D3B #3BAB65 #3B49AB #AB3B81

square

#AB9D3B #3BAB65 #3B49AB #AB3B81

split-complementary

#AB9D3B #3B81AB #653BAB

monochromatic

#50491C #7D732B #AB9D3B #C7BA5C #D7CD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AB9D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#AB9D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9D3B

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9D3B	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.119 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b976',
    500: '#ab9d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9d3b;
$custom-light: #c7b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68935,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9D3B

secondary

#8189C1

accent

#61D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9D3B

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

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