#AB9E37#AB9E37

#AB9E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.123 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9E37
RGB	rgb(171, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, -7.53, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 53.82, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% -0.0256 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.123 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7123, 33.3887, 8.4933)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9E37 #3744AB

analogous

#AB6437 #AB9E37 #7EAB37

triadic

#AB9E37 #37AB9E #9E37AB

tetradic

#AB9E37 #37AB64 #3744AB #AB377E

square

#AB9E37 #37AB64 #3744AB #AB377E

split-complementary

#AB9E37 #377EAB #6437AB

monochromatic

#4E4819 #7D7328 #AB9E37 #C9BC56 #D8CE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AB9E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AB9E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9E37

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9E37	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.123 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba74',
    500: '#ab9e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9e37;
$custom-light: #c7ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69117,
    "c": 0.12251,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9E37

secondary

#7C84C1

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9E37

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

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