#AB9E2A#AB9E2A

#AB9E2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.131 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9E2A
RGB	rgb(171, 158, 42)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 75.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -8.19, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 58.81, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.0288 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.131 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4407, 33.2801, 7.0630)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9E2A #2A37AB

analogous

#AB5D2A #AB9E2A #78AB2A

triadic

#AB9E2A #2AAB9E #9E2AAB

tetradic

#AB9E2A #2AAB5D #2A37AB #AB2A78

square

#AB9E2A #2AAB5D #2A37AB #AB2A78

split-complementary

#AB9E2A #2A78AB #5D2AAB

monochromatic

#494312 #7A711E #AB9E2A #D1C242 #DDD273

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AB9E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#AB9E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9E2A

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9E2A	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 158, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.131 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ba6d',
    500: '#ab9e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9e2a;
$custom-light: #c8ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.953,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6902,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9E2A

secondary

#6D76C4

accent

#54E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9E2A

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

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