#ABA497#ABA497

#ABA497 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.020 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA497
RGB	rgb(171, 164, 151)
HSL	hsl(39, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 11.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 0.22, 7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 7.65, 88.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0024 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.02 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6554, 37.4436, 34.6212)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA497 #979EAB

analogous

#AB9A97 #ABA497 #A8AB97

triadic

#ABA497 #97ABA4 #A497AB

tetradic

#ABA497 #97AB9A #979EAB #AB97A8

square

#ABA497 #97AB9A #979EAB #AB97A8

split-complementary

#ABA497 #97A8AB #9A97AB

monochromatic

#6E6759 #908675 #ABA497 #C6C2B9 #E2DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#ABA497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#ABA497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA497

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA497	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 164, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.020 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4beb5',
    500: '#aba497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba497;
$custom-light: #c4beb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 10.638,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72088,
    "c": 0.02013,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA497

secondary

#CBCED2

accent

#699551

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA497

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

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