#AB9D34#AB9D34

#AB9D34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9D34
RGB	rgb(171, 157, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 69.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, -7.17, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 54.70, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% -0.0249 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4727, 33.0211, 8.0694)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9D34 #3442AB

analogous

#AB6134 #AB9D34 #7DAB34

triadic

#AB9D34 #34AB9D #9D34AB

tetradic

#AB9D34 #34AB61 #3442AB #AB347D

square

#AB9D34 #34AB61 #3442AB #AB347D

split-complementary

#AB9D34 #347DAB #6134AB

monochromatic

#4D4717 #7C7226 #AB9D34 #CABC52 #D9CE81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AB9D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AB9D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9D34

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9D34	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)

#AB9825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 157, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b972',
    500: '#ab9d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9d34;
$custom-light: #c7b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 53.363,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68874,
    "c": 0.1238,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9D34

secondary

#7982C2

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9D34

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

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