#ABA986#ABA986

#ABA986 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.048 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA986
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 134)
HSL	hsl(57, 18%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 22%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 21.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -5.19, 18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 19.09, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0124 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.048 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2855, 38.7556, 28.1714)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA986 #8688AB

analogous

#AB9786 #ABA986 #9BAB86

triadic

#ABA986 #86ABA9 #A986AB

tetradic

#ABA986 #86AB97 #8688AB #AB869B

square

#ABA986 #86AB97 #8688AB #AB869B

split-complementary

#ABA986 #869BAB #9786AB

monochromatic

#6C6A4B #908E64 #ABA986 #C4C3AA #DDDCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ABA986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#ABA986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA986

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA986	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.048 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2a9',
    500: '#aba986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba986;
$custom-light: #c4c2a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 18.049,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72725,
    "c": 0.04844,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA986

secondary

#BFC0CE

accent

#71BB6D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA986

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

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