#ABA697#ABA697

#ABA697 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.022 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA697
RGB	rgb(171, 166, 151)
HSL	hsl(45, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 11.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -0.86, 8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 8.45, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0006 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.022 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0162, 38.1651, 34.7414)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA697 #979CAB

analogous

#AB9C97 #ABA697 #A6AB97

triadic

#ABA697 #97ABA6 #A697AB

tetradic

#ABA697 #97AB9C #979CAB #AB97A6

square

#ABA697 #97AB9C #979CAB #AB97A6

split-complementary

#ABA697 #97A6AB #9C97AB

monochromatic

#6E6959 #908975 #ABA697 #C6C3B9 #E2E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ABA697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#ABA697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA697

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA697	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 166, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.022 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c0b5',
    500: '#aba697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba697;
$custom-light: #c4c0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 10.638,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72508,
    "c": 0.02193,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA697

secondary

#CBCDD2

accent

#629551

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA697

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

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