#AB9930#AB9930

#AB9930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.123 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9930
RGB	rgb(171, 153, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 71.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, -5.24, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 54.96, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0199 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.123 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7207, 31.6552, 7.3930)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9930 #3042AB

analogous

#AB5C30 #AB9930 #7FAB30

triadic

#AB9930 #30AB99 #9930AB

tetradic

#AB9930 #30AB5C #3042AB #AB307F

square

#AB9930 #30AB5C #3042AB #AB307F

split-complementary

#AB9930 #307FAB #5C30AB

monochromatic

#4B4315 #7B6E23 #AB9930 #CDBA4C #DACC7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AB9930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#AB9930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9930

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9930	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 153, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.123 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b66f',
    500: '#ab9930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9930;
$custom-light: #c8b66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 56.164,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67976,
    "c": 0.12317,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9930

secondary

#7480C3

accent

#5EDF48

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9930

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

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