#ABA281#ABA281

#ABA281 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.047 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA281
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 129)
HSL	hsl(47, 20%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 25%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 24.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -2.16, 18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 18.50, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.0038 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.047 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6774, 36.0843, 25.9555)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA281 #818AAB

analogous

#AB8D81 #ABA281 #9FAB81

triadic

#ABA281 #81ABA2 #A281AB

tetradic

#ABA281 #81AB8D #818AAB #AB819F

square

#ABA281 #81AB8D #818AAB #AB819F

split-complementary

#ABA281 #819FAB #8D81AB

monochromatic

#6B6347 #8F8560 #ABA281 #C3BDA6 #DCD8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ABA281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#ABA281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA281

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA281	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A07F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.047 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bda5',
    500: '#aba281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba281;
$custom-light: #c4bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7112,
    "c": 0.04693,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA281

secondary

#BCBFCC

accent

#7DBD6B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA281

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

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