#AB9731#AB9731

#AB9731 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.121 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9731
RGB	rgb(171, 151, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -4.11, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 53.94, 94.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0165 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.121 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4169, 31.0143, 7.3947)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9731 #3145AB

analogous

#AB5A31 #AB9731 #82AB31

triadic

#AB9731 #31AB97 #9731AB

tetradic

#AB9731 #31AB5A #3145AB #AB3182

square

#AB9731 #31AB5A #3145AB #AB3182

split-complementary

#AB9731 #3182AB #5A31AB

monochromatic

#4C4316 #7B6D23 #AB9731 #CCB74D #DACA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AB9731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#AB9731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9731

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9731	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 151, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.121 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b570',
    500: '#ab9731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9731;
$custom-light: #c7b570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67552,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9731

secondary

#7582C2

accent

#62DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9731

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

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