#AB9B31#AB9B31

#AB9B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9B31
RGB	rgb(171, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -6.26, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 55.22, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0226 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0716, 32.3237, 7.6129)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9B31 #3141AB

analogous

#AB5E31 #AB9B31 #7EAB31

triadic

#AB9B31 #31AB9B #9B31AB

tetradic

#AB9B31 #31AB5E #3141AB #AB317E

square

#AB9B31 #31AB5E #3141AB #AB317E

split-complementary

#AB9B31 #317EAB #5E31AB

monochromatic

#4C4516 #7B7023 #AB9B31 #CCBB4D #DACD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AB9B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#AB9B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9B31

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9B31	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b870',
    500: '#ab9b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9b31;
$custom-light: #c7b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68416,
    "c": 0.12415,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9B31

secondary

#7580C2

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9B31

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

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