#ABA799#ABA799

#ABA799 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.020 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA799
RGB	rgb(171, 167, 153)
HSL	hsl(47, 10%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 10.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -1.07, 7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 7.82, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0013 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.02 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3625, 38.5956, 35.6649)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA799 #999DAB

analogous

#AB9E99 #ABA799 #A6AB99

triadic

#ABA799 #99ABA7 #A799AB

tetradic

#ABA799 #99AB9E #999DAB #AB99A6

square

#ABA799 #99AB9E #999DAB #AB99A6

split-complementary

#ABA799 #99A6AB #9E99AB

monochromatic

#6F6A5B #8F8A77 #ABA799 #C7C4BB #E2E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ABA799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#ABA799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA799

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA799	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 167, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.020 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1b7',
    500: '#aba799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba799;
$custom-light: #c4c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 9.677,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72772,
    "c": 0.02028,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA799

secondary

#CDCED3

accent

#609452

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA799

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

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