#ABAE97#ABAE97

#ABAE97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.032 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAE97
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 151)
HSL	hsl(68, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(68, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 13.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -5.17, 11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 12.57, 114.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0127 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.032 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5159, 41.1646, 35.2413)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAE97 #9A97AE

analogous

#AEA597 #ABAE97 #9FAE97

triadic

#ABAE97 #97ABAE #AE97AB

tetradic

#ABAE97 #97AEA5 #9A97AE #AE979F

square

#ABAE97 #97AEA5 #9A97AE #AE979F

split-complementary

#ABAE97 #979FAE #A597AE

monochromatic

#6F7259 #8F9375 #ABAE97 #C7C9B9 #E3E4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ABAE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#ABAE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAE97

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAE97	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abae97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.032 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c6b5',
    500: '#abae97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abae97;
$custom-light: #c4c6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abae97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.826,
    "s": 12.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74202,
    "c": 0.03229,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAE97

secondary

#CDCCD4

accent

#4F9758

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121311

muted

#818280

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAE97

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →