#ABA797#ABA797

#ABA797 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.023 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA797
RGB	rgb(171, 167, 151)
HSL	hsl(48, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 11.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -1.41, 8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 8.90, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0022 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.023 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1987, 38.5301, 34.8022)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA797 #979BAB

analogous

#AB9D97 #ABA797 #A5AB97

triadic

#ABA797 #97ABA7 #A797AB

tetradic

#ABA797 #97AB9D #979BAB #AB97A5

square

#ABA797 #97AB9D #979BAB #AB97A5

split-complementary

#ABA797 #97A5AB #9D97AB

monochromatic

#6E6A59 #908A75 #ABA797 #C6C4B9 #E2E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ABA797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#ABA797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA797

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA797	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 167, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.023 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1b5',
    500: '#aba797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba797;
$custom-light: #c4c1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 10.638,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72718,
    "c": 0.023,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA797

secondary

#CBCDD2

accent

#5E9551

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA797

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

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