#AB9933#AB9933

#AB9933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.121 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9933
RGB	rgb(171, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 70.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -5.08, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 53.77, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.0191 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.121 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7847, 31.6808, 7.7301)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9933 #3345AB

analogous

#AB5D33 #AB9933 #81AB33

triadic

#AB9933 #33AB99 #9933AB

tetradic

#AB9933 #33AB5D #3345AB #AB3381

square

#AB9933 #33AB5D #3345AB #AB3381

split-complementary

#AB9933 #3381AB #5D33AB

monochromatic

#4D4517 #7C6F25 #AB9933 #CBB950 #D9CC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AB9933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#AB9933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9933

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9933	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.121 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b671',
    500: '#ab9933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9933;
$custom-light: #c7b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67999,
    "c": 0.12112,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9933

secondary

#7883C2

accent

#60DD4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9933

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

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