#AB9E2C#AB9E2C

#AB9E2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.130 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9E2C
RGB	rgb(171, 158, 44)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 74.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -8.10, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 58.10, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0284 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.13 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4774, 33.2948, 7.2562)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9E2C #2C39AB

analogous

#AB5E2C #AB9E2C #79AB2C

triadic

#AB9E2C #2CAB9E #9E2CAB

tetradic

#AB9E2C #2CAB5E #2C39AB #AB2C79

square

#AB9E2C #2CAB5E #2C39AB #AB2C79

split-complementary

#AB9E2C #2C79AB #5E2CAB

monochromatic

#4A4413 #7A711F #AB9E2C #CFC145 #DCD176

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AB9E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#AB9E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9E2C

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9E2C	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)

#AD9917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 158, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.130 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ba6e',
    500: '#ab9e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9e2c;
$custom-light: #c8ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.858,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69033,
    "c": 0.12992,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9E2C

secondary

#6F78C3

accent

#56E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9E2C

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

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