#ABA169#ABA169

#ABA169 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.076 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA169
RGB	rgb(171, 161, 105)
HSL	hsl(51, 28%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 38.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -4.77, 30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 30.85, 98.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0123 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.076 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0898, 35.1685, 18.4597)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA169 #6973AB

analogous

#AB8069 #ABA169 #94AB69

triadic

#ABA169 #69ABA1 #A169AB

tetradic

#ABA169 #69AB80 #6973AB #AB6994

square

#ABA169 #69AB80 #6973AB #AB6994

split-complementary

#ABA169 #6994AB #8069AB

monochromatic

#625C37 #8A814D #ABA169 #C1BA90 #D7D2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#ABA169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#ABA169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA169

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA169	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9E65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA26B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 161, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.076 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bc94',
    500: '#aba169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba169;
$custom-light: #c5bc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 28.205,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70421,
    "c": 0.07594,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA169

secondary

#AAAEC6

accent

#72C563

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA169

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

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