#AB9934#AB9934

#AB9934 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.120 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9934
RGB	rgb(171, 153, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 69.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, -5.03, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 53.36, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0188 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.12 99)
XYZ	xyz(28.8070, 31.6897, 7.8475)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9934 #3446AB

analogous

#AB5D34 #AB9934 #81AB34

triadic

#AB9934 #34AB99 #9934AB

tetradic

#AB9934 #34AB5D #3446AB #AB3481

square

#AB9934 #34AB5D #3446AB #AB3481

split-complementary

#AB9934 #3481AB #5D34AB

monochromatic

#4D4517 #7C6F26 #AB9934 #CAB852 #D9CB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AB9934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#AB9934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9934

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9934	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)

#A89526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 153, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.120 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b671',
    500: '#ab9934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9934;
$custom-light: #c7b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.924,
    "s": 53.363,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68008,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.31688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9934

secondary

#7984C2

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9934

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

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