#ABA99C#ABA99C

#ABA99C is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.018 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA99C
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 156)
HSL	hsl(52, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 8.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -1.63, 6.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 7.15, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0031 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.018 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9826, 39.4344, 37.1094)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA99C #9C9EAB

analogous

#ABA29C #ABA99C #A6AB9C

triadic

#ABA99C #9CABA9 #A99CAB

tetradic

#ABA99C #9CABA2 #9C9EAB #AB9CA6

square

#ABA99C #9CABA2 #9C9EAB #AB9CA6

split-complementary

#ABA99C #9CA6AB #A29CAB

monochromatic

#6F6C5E #8F8C7B #ABA99C #C7C6BD #E3E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ABA99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ABA99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA99C

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA99C	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.018 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2b9',
    500: '#aba99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba99c;
$custom-light: #c4c2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 8.197,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73274,
    "c": 0.01846,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA99C

secondary

#CFCFD4

accent

#5C9253

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA99C

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

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