#ABA597#ABA597

#ABA597 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.021 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA597
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 151)
HSL	hsl(42, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 11.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -0.32, 8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 8.03, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0009 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.021 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8351, 37.8030, 34.6811)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA597 #979DAB

analogous

#AB9B97 #ABA597 #A7AB97

triadic

#ABA597 #97ABA5 #A597AB

tetradic

#ABA597 #97AB9B #979DAB #AB97A7

square

#ABA597 #97AB9B #979DAB #AB97A7

split-complementary

#ABA597 #97A7AB #9B97AB

monochromatic

#6E6859 #908875 #ABA597 #C6C2B9 #E2E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ABA597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#ABA597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA597

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA597	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.021 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfb5',
    500: '#aba597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba597;
$custom-light: #c4bfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 10.638,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72298,
    "c": 0.02097,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA597

secondary

#CBCDD2

accent

#659551

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA597

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

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