#AB9D46#AB9D46

#AB9D46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.109 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9D46
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 59.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -6.00, 46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 46.81, 97.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.0194 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.109 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9582, 33.2153, 10.6263)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9D46 #4654AB

analogous

#AB6A46 #AB9D46 #87AB46

triadic

#AB9D46 #46AB9D #9D46AB

tetradic

#AB9D46 #46AB6A #4654AB #AB4687

square

#AB9D46 #46AB6A #4654AB #AB4687

split-complementary

#AB9D46 #4687AB #6A46AB

monochromatic

#544D22 #807534 #AB9D46 #C3B76C #D4CC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AB9D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AB9D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9D46

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9D46	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA993D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.109 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b97d',
    500: '#ab9d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9d46;
$custom-light: #c6b97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.683,
    "s": 41.909,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69049,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9D46

secondary

#8C94C0

accent

#67D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9D46

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

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