#AB9A33#AB9A33

#AB9A33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.122 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9A33
RGB	rgb(171, 154, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 70.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, -5.62, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 54.09, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.0206 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.122 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9490, 32.0095, 7.7849)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9A33 #3344AB

analogous

#AB5E33 #AB9A33 #80AB33

triadic

#AB9A33 #33AB9A #9A33AB

tetradic

#AB9A33 #33AB5E #3344AB #AB3380

square

#AB9A33 #33AB5E #3344AB #AB3380

split-complementary

#AB9A33 #3380AB #5E33AB

monochromatic

#4D4517 #7C7025 #AB9A33 #CBBA50 #D9CC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AB9A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#AB9A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9A33

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9A33	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)

#A99624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 154, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.122 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b771',
    500: '#ab9a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9a33;
$custom-light: #c7b771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68215,
    "c": 0.12194,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9A33

secondary

#7882C2

accent

#5FDD4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9A33

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

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