#AB9E38#AB9E38

#AB9E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.122 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9E38
RGB	rgb(171, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -7.47, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 53.41, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0253 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.122 102)
XYZ	xyz(29.7365, 33.3984, 8.6208)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9E38 #3845AB

analogous

#AB6438 #AB9E38 #7FAB38

triadic

#AB9E38 #38AB9E #9E38AB

tetradic

#AB9E38 #38AB64 #3845AB #AB387F

square

#AB9E38 #38AB64 #3845AB #AB387F

split-complementary

#AB9E38 #387FAB #6438AB

monochromatic

#4F491A #7D7329 #AB9E38 #C8BC58 #D7CE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AB9E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AB9E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9E38

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9E38	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	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)

#AC992A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.122 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba74',
    500: '#ab9e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9e38;
$custom-light: #c7ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.217,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69126,
    "c": 0.12177,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.33397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9E38

secondary

#7D85C1

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9E38

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

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