#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
RGBrgb(171, 157, 73)
HSLhsl(51, 40%, 48%)
HSVhsv(51, 57%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.2%, 57.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LABlab(64.37, -5.76, 45.03)
CIE-LCHlch(64.37, 45.39, 97.30°)
OKLaboklab(69.08% -0.0184 0.1048)
OKLCHoklch(69.08% 0.106 100)
XYZxyz(30.0552, 33.2541, 11.1376)
Luminance0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##AB9D491.002.747.657.65
#FFFFFF2.741.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6521.001.001.00
##0000007.6521.001.001.00

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

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#AB9D49 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva