#AB9E42#AB9E42

#AB9E42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.114 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9E42
RGB	rgb(171, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 61.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -6.82, 48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 49.03, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0223 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.114 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0060, 33.5062, 10.0400)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9E42 #424FAB

analogous

#AB6A42 #AB9E42 #84AB42

triadic

#AB9E42 #42AB9E #9E42AB

tetradic

#AB9E42 #42AB6A #424FAB #AB4284

square

#AB9E42 #42AB6A #424FAB #AB4284

split-complementary

#AB9E42 #4284AB #6A42AB

monochromatic

#534C20 #7F7531 #AB9E42 #C4B866 #D5CD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AB9E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#AB9E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9E42

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9E42	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)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.114 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba7a',
    500: '#ab9e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9e42;
$custom-light: #c7ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.571,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69222,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9E42

secondary

#888FC0

accent

#64D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9E42

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

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