#AB9E40#AB9E40

#AB9E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.115 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9E40
RGB	rgb(171, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 62.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -6.96, 49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 49.94, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0229 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.115 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9480, 33.4830, 9.7349)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9E40 #404DAB

analogous

#AB6840 #AB9E40 #82AB40

triadic

#AB9E40 #40AB9E #9E40AB

tetradic

#AB9E40 #40AB68 #404DAB #AB4082

square

#AB9E40 #40AB68 #404DAB #AB4082

split-complementary

#AB9E40 #4082AB #6840AB

monochromatic

#524C1F #7E752F #AB9E40 #C5B963 #D5CD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AB9E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#AB9E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9E40

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9E40	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.115 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba79',
    500: '#ab9e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9e40;
$custom-light: #c7ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.71,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69201,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9E40

secondary

#868DC1

accent

#62D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9E40

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →