#AB9D48#AB9D48

#AB9D48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.107 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9D48
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 57.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -5.84, 45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 45.87, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0188 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.107 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0223, 33.2409, 10.9644)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9D48 #4856AB

analogous

#AB6B48 #AB9D48 #88AB48

triadic

#AB9D48 #48AB9D #9D48AB

tetradic

#AB9D48 #48AB6B #4856AB #AB4888

square

#AB9D48 #48AB6B #4856AB #AB4888

split-complementary

#AB9D48 #4888AB #6B48AB

monochromatic

#554E24 #807536 #AB9D48 #C2B66E #D4CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AB9D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AB9D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9D48

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9D48	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA993F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.107 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b97e',
    500: '#ab9d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9d48;
$custom-light: #c6b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.515,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69072,
    "c": 0.10736,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9D48

secondary

#8E95C0

accent

#68D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9D48

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

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