#ABA899#ABA899

#ABA899 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.021 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA899
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 10%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 10.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -1.61, 8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 8.29, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0028 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.021 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5464, 38.9634, 35.7262)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA899 #999CAB

analogous

#AB9F99 #ABA899 #A5AB99

triadic

#ABA899 #99ABA8 #A899AB

tetradic

#ABA899 #99AB9F #999CAB #AB99A5

square

#ABA899 #99AB9F #999CAB #AB99A5

split-complementary

#ABA899 #99A5AB #9F99AB

monochromatic

#6F6B5B #8F8B77 #ABA899 #C7C5BB #E2E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ABA899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#ABA899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA899

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA899	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.021 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1b7',
    500: '#aba899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba899;
$custom-light: #c4c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 9.677,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72982,
    "c": 0.0214,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA899

secondary

#CDCED3

accent

#5D9452

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA899

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

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