#AB9729#AB9729

#AB9729 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.126 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9729
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 41)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 76%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, -4.49, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 56.97, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0185 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.126 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2629, 30.9527, 6.5832)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9729 #293DAB

analogous

#AB5629 #AB9729 #7EAB29

triadic

#AB9729 #29AB97 #9729AB

tetradic

#AB9729 #29AB56 #293DAB #AB297E

square

#AB9729 #29AB56 #293DAB #AB297E

split-complementary

#AB9729 #297EAB #5629AB

monochromatic

#484011 #7A6B1D #AB9729 #D1BB40 #DDCC71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AB9729 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#AB9729 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9729

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9729	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9729	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9729;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.126 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b56b',
    500: '#ab9729',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9729;
$custom-light: #c8b56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9729",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 61.321,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67494,
    "c": 0.12598,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9729

secondary

#6C79C4

accent

#5CE443

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9729

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

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