#AB9F2C#AB9F2C

#AB9F2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.131 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9F2C
RGB	rgb(171, 159, 44)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 74.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -8.63, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 58.44, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0299 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.131 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6487, 33.6373, 7.3133)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9F2C #2C38AB

analogous

#AB602C #AB9F2C #77AB2C

triadic

#AB9F2C #2CAB9F #9F2CAB

tetradic

#AB9F2C #2CAB60 #2C38AB #AB2C77

square

#AB9F2C #2CAB60 #2C38AB #AB2C77

split-complementary

#AB9F2C #2C77AB #602CAB

monochromatic

#4A4413 #7A721F #AB9F2C #CFC245 #DCD276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AB9F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#AB9F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9F2C

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9F2C	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 159, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.131 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb6e',
    500: '#ab9f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9f2c;
$custom-light: #c8bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.331,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69251,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9F2C

secondary

#6F77C3

accent

#54E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9F2C

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

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