#AB9D31#AB9D31

#AB9D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.126 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9D31
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -7.33, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 55.89, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0257 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.126 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4072, 32.9949, 7.7248)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9D31 #313FAB

analogous

#AB6031 #AB9D31 #7CAB31

triadic

#AB9D31 #31AB9D #9D31AB

tetradic

#AB9D31 #31AB60 #313FAB #AB317C

square

#AB9D31 #31AB60 #313FAB #AB317C

split-complementary

#AB9D31 #317CAB #6031AB

monochromatic

#4C4616 #7B7123 #AB9D31 #CCBD4D #DACF7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AB9D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AB9D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9D31

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9D31	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.126 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b970',
    500: '#ab9d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9d31;
$custom-light: #c7b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68851,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9D31

secondary

#757EC2

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9D31

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

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