#ABA481#ABA481

#ABA481 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.049 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA481
RGB	rgb(171, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 20%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 25%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 24.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -3.24, 19.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 19.39, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0069 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.049 98)
XYZ	xyz(34.0325, 36.7945, 26.0739)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA481 #8188AB

analogous

#AB8F81 #ABA481 #9DAB81

triadic

#ABA481 #81ABA4 #A481AB

tetradic

#ABA481 #81AB8F #8188AB #AB819D

square

#ABA481 #81AB8F #8188AB #AB819D

split-complementary

#ABA481 #819DAB #8F81AB

monochromatic

#6B6547 #8F8760 #ABA481 #C3BFA6 #DCD9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ABA481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#ABA481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA481

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA481	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA27F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.049 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bea5',
    500: '#aba481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba481;
$custom-light: #c4bea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71545,
    "c": 0.04907,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.36794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA481

secondary

#BCBECC

accent

#79BD6B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA481

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

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