#AB9F31#AB9F31

#AB9F31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.128 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB9F31
RGB	rgb(171, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -8.39, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 56.57, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0287 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.128 103)
XYZ	xyz(29.7484, 33.6772, 7.8385)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB9F31 #313DAB

analogous

#AB6231 #AB9F31 #7AAB31

triadic

#AB9F31 #31AB9F #9F31AB

tetradic

#AB9F31 #31AB62 #313DAB #AB317A

square

#AB9F31 #31AB62 #313DAB #AB317A

split-complementary

#AB9F31 #317AAB #6231AB

monochromatic

#4C4716 #7B7323 #AB9F31 #CCC04D #DAD17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AB9F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#AB9F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB9F31

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB9F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB9F31	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab9f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.128 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb70',
    500: '#ab9f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab9f31;
$custom-light: #c7bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab9f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69287,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.33676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB9F31

secondary

#757DC2

accent

#58DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB9F31

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

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