#ABA997#ABA997

#ABA997 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.025 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA997
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(54, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 11.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -2.49, 9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 9.87, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0052 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.025 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5679, 39.2685, 34.9253)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA997 #9799AB

analogous

#AB9F97 #ABA997 #A3AB97

triadic

#ABA997 #97ABA9 #A997AB

tetradic

#ABA997 #97AB9F #9799AB #AB97A3

square

#ABA997 #97AB9F #9799AB #AB97A3

split-complementary

#ABA997 #97A3AB #9F97AB

monochromatic

#6E6C59 #908D75 #ABA997 #C6C5B9 #E2E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ABA997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#ABA997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA997

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA997	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.025 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2b5',
    500: '#aba997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba997;
$custom-light: #c4c2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 10.638,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7314,
    "c": 0.02538,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA997

secondary

#CBCCD2

accent

#589551

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA997

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

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