#AB9A29#AB9A29

#AB9A29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9A29
RGB	rgb(171, 154, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 76%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, -6.10, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 57.88, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.023 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7518, 31.9306, 6.7462)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9A29 #293AAB

analogous

#AB5929 #AB9A29 #7BAB29

triadic

#AB9A29 #29AB9A #9A29AB

tetradic

#AB9A29 #29AB59 #293AAB #AB297B

square

#AB9A29 #29AB59 #293AAB #AB297B

split-complementary

#AB9A29 #297BAB #5929AB

monochromatic

#484111 #7A6E1D #AB9A29 #D1BE40 #DDCF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AB9A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#AB9A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9A29

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9A29	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 154, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b76c',
    500: '#ab9a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9a29;
$custom-light: #c8b76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.154,
    "s": 61.321,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68143,
    "c": 0.12834,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9A29

secondary

#6C77C4

accent

#58E443

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9A29

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

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