#AB9E48#AB9E48

#AB9E48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.108 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9E48
RGB	rgb(171, 158, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 57.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -6.38, 45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 46.25, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0203 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.108 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1922, 33.5807, 11.0210)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9E48 #4855AB

analogous

#AB6C48 #AB9E48 #87AB48

triadic

#AB9E48 #48AB9E #9E48AB

tetradic

#AB9E48 #48AB6C #4855AB #AB4887

square

#AB9E48 #48AB6C #4855AB #AB4887

split-complementary

#AB9E48 #4887AB #6C48AB

monochromatic

#554E24 #807636 #AB9E48 #C2B76E #D4CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AB9E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AB9E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9E48

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9E48	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 158, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.108 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba7e',
    500: '#ab9e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9e48;
$custom-light: #c6ba7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.121,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69289,
    "c": 0.10829,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9E48

secondary

#8E95C0

accent

#67D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9E48

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

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