#ABA279#ABA279

#ABA279 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.057 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA279
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 29.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -3.28, 22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 22.79, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0072 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.057 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1663, 35.8798, 23.2638)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA279 #7982AB

analogous

#AB8979 #ABA279 #9BAB79

triadic

#ABA279 #79ABA2 #A279AB

tetradic

#ABA279 #79AB89 #7982AB #AB799B

square

#ABA279 #79AB89 #7982AB #AB799B

split-complementary

#ABA279 #799BAB #8979AB

monochromatic

#686141 #8E8459 #ABA279 #C3BC9F #DAD6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ABA279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#ABA279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA279

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA279	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.057 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bda0',
    500: '#aba279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba279;
$custom-light: #c4bda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 22.936,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70945,
    "c": 0.05722,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA279

secondary

#B6B9CA

accent

#78BF68

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA279

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

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