#AB9932#AB9932

#AB9932 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.122 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9932
RGB	rgb(171, 153, 50)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 70.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -5.14, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 54.17, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.0193 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.122 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7629, 31.6720, 7.6153)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9932 #3244AB

analogous

#AB5C32 #AB9932 #80AB32

triadic

#AB9932 #32AB99 #9932AB

tetradic

#AB9932 #32AB5C #3244AB #AB3280

square

#AB9932 #32AB5C #3244AB #AB3280

split-complementary

#AB9932 #3280AB #5C32AB

monochromatic

#4C4416 #7C6F24 #AB9932 #CBB94F #D9CC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AB9932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#AB9932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9932

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9932	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)

#A89523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 153, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.122 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b670',
    500: '#ab9932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9932;
$custom-light: #c7b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.074,
    "s": 54.751,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67991,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9932

secondary

#7782C2

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9932

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

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