#AB9E31#AB9E31

#AB9E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.127 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9E31
RGB	rgb(171, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -7.86, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 56.23, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0272 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.127 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5771, 33.3347, 7.7814)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9E31 #313EAB

analogous

#AB6131 #AB9E31 #7BAB31

triadic

#AB9E31 #31AB9E #9E31AB

tetradic

#AB9E31 #31AB61 #313EAB #AB317B

square

#AB9E31 #31AB61 #313EAB #AB317B

split-complementary

#AB9E31 #317BAB #6131AB

monochromatic

#4C4616 #7B7223 #AB9E31 #CCBF4D #DAD07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AB9E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#AB9E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9E31

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9E31	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.127 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba70',
    500: '#ab9e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9e31;
$custom-light: #c7ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.607,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69069,
    "c": 0.12674,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9E31

secondary

#757EC2

accent

#59DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9E31

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

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