#AB9A31#AB9A31

#AB9A31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.123 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9A31
RGB	rgb(171, 154, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -5.72, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 54.89, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% -0.0211 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.123 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9059, 31.9922, 7.5577)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9A31 #3142AB

analogous

#AB5D31 #AB9A31 #7FAB31

triadic

#AB9A31 #31AB9A #9A31AB

tetradic

#AB9A31 #31AB5D #3142AB #AB317F

square

#AB9A31 #31AB5D #3142AB #AB317F

split-complementary

#AB9A31 #317FAB #5D31AB

monochromatic

#4C4416 #7B6F23 #AB9A31 #CCBA4D #DACD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AB9A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#AB9A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9A31

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9A31	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 154, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.123 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b770',
    500: '#ab9a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9a31;
$custom-light: #c7b770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.682,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9A31

secondary

#7580C2

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9A31

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

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