#ABA979#ABA979

#ABA979 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.065 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA979
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 29.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -7.03, 25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 26.07, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0179 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.065 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4339, 38.4149, 23.6863)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA979 #797BAB

analogous

#AB9079 #ABA979 #94AB79

triadic

#ABA979 #79ABA9 #A979AB

tetradic

#ABA979 #79AB90 #797BAB #AB7994

square

#ABA979 #79AB90 #797BAB #AB7994

split-complementary

#ABA979 #7994AB #9079AB

monochromatic

#686741 #8E8C59 #ABA979 #C3C19F #DAD9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ABA979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#ABA979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA979

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA979	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.065 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2a0',
    500: '#aba979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba979;
$custom-light: #c4c2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 22.936,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72446,
    "c": 0.06536,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA979

secondary

#B6B7CA

accent

#6CBF68

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA979

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

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