#AB9931#AB9931

#AB9931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9931
RGB	rgb(171, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, -5.19, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 54.57, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0196 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.123 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7415, 31.6635, 7.5029)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9931 #3143AB

analogous

#AB5C31 #AB9931 #80AB31

triadic

#AB9931 #31AB99 #9931AB

tetradic

#AB9931 #31AB5C #3143AB #AB3180

square

#AB9931 #31AB5C #3143AB #AB3180

split-complementary

#AB9931 #3180AB #5C31AB

monochromatic

#4C4416 #7B6E23 #AB9931 #CCB94D #DACC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AB9931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#AB9931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9931

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9931	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)

#A89521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b670',
    500: '#ab9931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9931;
$custom-light: #c7b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67983,
    "c": 0.1225,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9931

secondary

#7581C2

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9931

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

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