#AB9D49#AB9D49

#AB9D49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.106 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9D49
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 57.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -5.76, 45.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 45.39, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.0184 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.106 100)
XYZ	xyz(30.0552, 33.2541, 11.1376)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9D49 #4957AB

analogous

#AB6C49 #AB9D49 #88AB49

triadic

#AB9D49 #49AB9D #9D49AB

tetradic

#AB9D49 #49AB6C #4957AB #AB4988

square

#AB9D49 #49AB6C #4957AB #AB4988

split-complementary

#AB9D49 #4988AB #6C49AB

monochromatic

#554E24 #807637 #AB9D49 #C2B66F #D4CC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AB9D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AB9D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9D49

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9D49	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#AA9941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.106 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b97e',
    500: '#ab9d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9d49;
$custom-light: #c6b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 40.164,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69084,
    "c": 0.10643,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.33253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9D49

secondary

#8F96C0

accent

#69D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9D49

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

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