#ABAB8A#ABAB8A

#ABAB8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.046 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAB8A
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 16%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 19.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -5.65, 17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 17.96, 108.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0137 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.046 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9447, 39.6191, 29.7935)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAB8A #8A8AAB

analogous

#AB9A8A #ABAB8A #9AAB8A

triadic

#ABAB8A #8AABAB #AB8AAB

tetradic

#ABAB8A #8AAB9A #8A8AAB #AB8A9A

square

#ABAB8A #8AAB9A #8A8AAB #AB8A9A

split-complementary

#ABAB8A #8A9AAB #9A8AAB

monochromatic

#6D6D4E #909068 #ABAB8A #C5C5AE #DEDED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ABAB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#ABAB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAB8A

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAB8A	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AA8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abab8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.046 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4ac',
    500: '#abab8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abab8a;
$custom-light: #c4c4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abab8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73245,
    "c": 0.04571,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAB8A

secondary

#C2C2CF

accent

#4B9B4B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAB8A

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

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