#AB9929#AB9929

#AB9929 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.128 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9929
RGB	rgb(171, 153, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 76%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -5.57, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 57.57, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0215 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.128 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5875, 31.6019, 6.6914)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9929 #293BAB

analogous

#AB5829 #AB9929 #7CAB29

triadic

#AB9929 #29AB99 #9929AB

tetradic

#AB9929 #29AB58 #293BAB #AB297C

square

#AB9929 #29AB58 #293BAB #AB297C

split-complementary

#AB9929 #297CAB #5829AB

monochromatic

#484111 #7A6D1D #AB9929 #D1BD40 #DDCE71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AB9929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#AB9929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9929

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9929	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 153, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.128 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b66c',
    500: '#ab9929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9929;
$custom-light: #c8b66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 61.321,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67926,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9929

secondary

#6C78C4

accent

#5AE443

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9929

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

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