#AB9D32#AB9D32

#AB9D32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.125 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9D32
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 70.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -7.28, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 55.50, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0254 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.125 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4286, 33.0034, 7.8372)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9D32 #3240AB

analogous

#AB6032 #AB9D32 #7CAB32

triadic

#AB9D32 #32AB9D #9D32AB

tetradic

#AB9D32 #32AB60 #3240AB #AB327C

square

#AB9D32 #32AB60 #3240AB #AB327C

split-complementary

#AB9D32 #327CAB #6032AB

monochromatic

#4C4616 #7C7224 #AB9D32 #CBBD4F #D9CF7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AB9D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AB9D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9D32

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9D32	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)

#AC9822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.125 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b971',
    500: '#ab9d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9d32;
$custom-light: #c7b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 54.751,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68858,
    "c": 0.12519,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9D32

secondary

#777FC2

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9D32

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

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