#AB9E2B#AB9E2B

#AB9E2B 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	#AB9E2B
RGB	rgb(171, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 74.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -8.15, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 58.46, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0286 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.131 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4588, 33.2873, 7.1584)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9E2B #2B38AB

analogous

#AB5E2B #AB9E2B #78AB2B

triadic

#AB9E2B #2BAB9E #9E2BAB

tetradic

#AB9E2B #2BAB5E #2B38AB #AB2B78

square

#AB9E2B #2BAB5E #2B38AB #AB2B78

split-complementary

#AB9E2B #2B78AB #5E2BAB

monochromatic

#494412 #7A711F #AB9E2B #D0C243 #DCD274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AB9E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#AB9E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9E2B

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9E2B	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)

#AD9915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.131 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ba6d',
    500: '#ab9e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9e2b;
$custom-light: #c8ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.906,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69026,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9E2B

secondary

#6E77C4

accent

#55E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9E2B

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

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