#ABA99B#ABA99B

#ABA99B is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.020 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA99B
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 155)
HSL	hsl(53, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 9.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -1.81, 7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 7.69, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0035 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.02 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8982, 39.4007, 36.6652)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA99B #9B9DAB

analogous

#ABA19B #ABA99B #A5AB9B

triadic

#ABA99B #9BABA9 #A99BAB

tetradic

#ABA99B #9BABA1 #9B9DAB #AB9BA5

square

#ABA99B #9BABA1 #9B9DAB #AB9BA5

split-complementary

#ABA99B #9BA5AB #A19BAB

monochromatic

#6F6C5D #8F8C7A #ABA99B #C7C6BC #E3E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ABA99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#ABA99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA99B

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA99B	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.020 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2b8',
    500: '#aba99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba99b;
$custom-light: #c4c2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 8.696,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73247,
    "c": 0.01985,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA99B

secondary

#CECFD4

accent

#5B9353

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA99B

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

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