#AB9C31#AB9C31

#AB9C31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.125 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9C31
RGB	rgb(171, 156, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, -6.79, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 55.55, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0242 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.125 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2387, 32.6579, 7.6686)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9C31 #3140AB

analogous

#AB5F31 #AB9C31 #7DAB31

triadic

#AB9C31 #31AB9C #9C31AB

tetradic

#AB9C31 #31AB5F #3140AB #AB317D

square

#AB9C31 #31AB5F #3140AB #AB317D

split-complementary

#AB9C31 #317DAB #5F31AB

monochromatic

#4C4516 #7B7123 #AB9C31 #CCBC4D #DACE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AB9C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#AB9C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9C31

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9C31	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 156, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.125 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b870',
    500: '#ab9c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9c31;
$custom-light: #c7b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68633,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9C31

secondary

#757FC2

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9C31

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

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