#ABA178#ABA178

#ABA178 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.057 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA178
RGB	rgb(171, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(48, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 30%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 29.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -2.88, 22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 22.89, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.006 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.057 96)
XYZ	xyz(32.9299, 35.5045, 22.8840)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA178 #7882AB

analogous

#AB8878 #ABA178 #9CAB78

triadic

#ABA178 #78ABA1 #A178AB

tetradic

#ABA178 #78AB88 #7882AB #AB789C

square

#ABA178 #78AB88 #7882AB #AB789C

split-complementary

#ABA178 #789CAB #8878AB

monochromatic

#686041 #8E8358 #ABA178 #C2BB9E #DAD6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ABA178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#ABA178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA178

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA178	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99F75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.057 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bc9f',
    500: '#aba178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba178;
$custom-light: #c4bc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 23.288,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70712,
    "c": 0.05745,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.35504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA178

secondary

#B5B9CA

accent

#79C068

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA178

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

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