#ABA897#ABA897

#ABA897 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.024 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA897
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 151)
HSL	hsl(51, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 11.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -1.95, 9.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 9.37, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0037 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.024 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3826, 38.8979, 34.8635)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA897 #979AAB

analogous

#AB9E97 #ABA897 #A4AB97

triadic

#ABA897 #97ABA8 #A897AB

tetradic

#ABA897 #97AB9E #979AAB #AB97A4

square

#ABA897 #97AB9E #979AAB #AB97A4

split-complementary

#ABA897 #97A4AB #9E97AB

monochromatic

#6E6B59 #908C75 #ABA897 #C6C4B9 #E2E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ABA897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#ABA897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA897

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA897	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.024 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1b5',
    500: '#aba897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba897;
$custom-light: #c4c1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 10.638,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72929,
    "c": 0.02415,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA897

secondary

#CBCCD2

accent

#5B9551

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA897

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

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