#AB9D40#AB9D40

#AB9D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.114 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9D40
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 62.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -6.43, 49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 49.57, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0214 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.114 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7781, 33.1433, 9.6782)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9D40 #404EAB

analogous

#AB6740 #AB9D40 #83AB40

triadic

#AB9D40 #40AB9D #9D40AB

tetradic

#AB9D40 #40AB67 #404EAB #AB4083

square

#AB9D40 #40AB67 #404EAB #AB4083

split-complementary

#AB9D40 #4083AB #6740AB

monochromatic

#524B1F #7E742F #AB9D40 #C5B863 #D5CC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AB9D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#AB9D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9D40

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9D40	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.114 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b979',
    500: '#ab9d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9d40;
$custom-light: #c7b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.15,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68984,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9D40

secondary

#868EC1

accent

#64D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9D40

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

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