#AB9529#AB9529

#AB9529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.124 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9529
RGB	rgb(171, 149, 41)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 76%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, -3.41, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 56.38, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% -0.0154 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.124 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9437, 30.3144, 6.4768)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9529 #293FAB

analogous

#AB5429 #AB9529 #80AB29

triadic

#AB9529 #29AB95 #9529AB

tetradic

#AB9529 #29AB54 #293FAB #AB2980

square

#AB9529 #29AB54 #293FAB #AB2980

split-complementary

#AB9529 #2980AB #5429AB

monochromatic

#483F11 #7A6A1D #AB9529 #D1B940 #DDCB71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AB9529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#AB9529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9529

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9529	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 149, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.124 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b36b',
    500: '#ab9529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9529;
$custom-light: #c8b36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 61.321,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67064,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9529

secondary

#6C7BC4

accent

#5FE443

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9529

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

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