#ABA987#ABA987

#ABA987 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.047 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA987
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 135)
HSL	hsl(57, 18%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 21%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 21.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -5.04, 17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 18.55, 105.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.012 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.047 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3556, 38.7836, 28.5404)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA987 #8789AB

analogous

#AB9787 #ABA987 #9BAB87

triadic

#ABA987 #87ABA9 #A987AB

tetradic

#ABA987 #87AB97 #8789AB #AB879B

square

#ABA987 #87AB97 #8789AB #AB879B

split-complementary

#ABA987 #879BAB #9787AB

monochromatic

#6C6A4C #908E65 #ABA987 #C4C3AB #DDDDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ABA987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#ABA987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA987

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA987	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.047 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2aa',
    500: '#aba987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba987;
$custom-light: #c4c2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72747,
    "c": 0.04711,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA987

secondary

#C0C1CE

accent

#72BA6D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA987

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

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