#AB9229#AB9229

#AB9229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.122 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9229
RGB	rgb(171, 146, 41)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 76%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, -1.78, 55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 55.54, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% -0.0108 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.122 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4752, 29.3773, 6.3206)
Luminance	0.2938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9229 #2942AB

analogous

#AB5129 #AB9229 #83AB29

triadic

#AB9229 #29AB92 #9229AB

tetradic

#AB9229 #29AB51 #2942AB #AB2983

square

#AB9229 #29AB51 #2942AB #AB2983

split-complementary

#AB9229 #2983AB #5129AB

monochromatic

#483E11 #7A681D #AB9229 #D1B540 #DDC871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AB9229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#AB9229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9229

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9229	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 146, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.122 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b16b',
    500: '#ab9229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9229;
$custom-light: #c8b16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 61.321,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66422,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9229

secondary

#6C7DC4

accent

#62E443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9229

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

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