#ABA479#ABA479

#ABA479 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.059 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA479
RGB	rgb(171, 164, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 29.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -4.36, 23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 23.69, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0103 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.059 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5215, 36.5900, 23.3822)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA479 #7980AB

analogous

#AB8B79 #ABA479 #99AB79

triadic

#ABA479 #79ABA4 #A479AB

tetradic

#ABA479 #79AB8B #7980AB #AB7999

square

#ABA479 #79AB8B #7980AB #AB7999

split-complementary

#ABA479 #7999AB #8B79AB

monochromatic

#686341 #8E8659 #ABA479 #C3BE9F #DAD7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#ABA479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#ABA479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA479

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA479	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 164, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.059 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bea0',
    500: '#aba479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba479;
$custom-light: #c4bea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 22.936,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71372,
    "c": 0.05941,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA479

secondary

#B6B9CA

accent

#75BF68

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA479

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

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