#AB9F38#AB9F38

#AB9F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.123 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9F38
RGB	rgb(171, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -8.00, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 53.77, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0268 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.123 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9078, 33.7409, 8.6779)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9F38 #3844AB

analogous

#AB6638 #AB9F38 #7EAB38

triadic

#AB9F38 #38AB9F #9F38AB

tetradic

#AB9F38 #38AB66 #3844AB #AB387E

square

#AB9F38 #38AB66 #3844AB #AB387E

split-complementary

#AB9F38 #387EAB #6638AB

monochromatic

#4F491A #7D7429 #AB9F38 #C8BD58 #D7CF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AB9F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#AB9F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9F38

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9F38	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.123 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb74',
    500: '#ab9f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9f38;
$custom-light: #c7bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.739,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69343,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9F38

secondary

#7D85C1

accent

#5CDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9F38

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →