#ABA796

sRGB: 171 / 167 / 150

Radiant blossoms rise against oblivion
Sacred blossoms unfold through ancient forests
Rising tides find forgotten pathways

#ABA796 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 171 red, 167 green and 150 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 48.6° lands in the yellow region. Its 11.1% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 62.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (8.70:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 171, 167, 150
HSL: 48.57°, 11.11%, 62.94%
HSV / HSB: 48.57°, 12.28%, 67.06%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 2.34%, 12.28%, 32.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 36.117, 38.498, 34.383
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 68.386, -1.576, 9.308
WCAG relative luminance: 0.38497
24-bit decimal: 11249558

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #ABA796 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 8.70:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.41:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#969AAB sits half a turn (180°) from #ABA796 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#ABA796 #969AAB

Analogous

#AB9D96 and #A4AB96 sit 30° to either side of #ABA796. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#AB9D96 #ABA796 #A4AB96

Triadic

#ABA796, #96ABA7 and #A796AB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#ABA796 #96ABA7 #A796AB

Split complementary

Start at #ABA796 and look across the wheel. #96A4AB and #9D96AB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#ABA796 #96A4AB #9D96AB

Square

Starting with #ABA796, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #96AB9D, #969AAB, then #AB96A4. Across the square, #ABA796 pairs with #969AAB, and #96AB9D with #AB96A4.

#ABA796 #96AB9D #969AAB #AB96A4

Tetradic

#ABA796 and #969AAB are opposites, as are #9AAB96 and #A796AB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#ABA796 #9AAB96 #969AAB #A796AB

Tints

Mixing #ABA796 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCB9AB, keeps 80% of the original. By #EEEDEA, the mixture is 80% white.

#ABA796 #BCB9AB #CDCAC0 #DDDCD5 #EEEDEA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #ABA796 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #898678, keeps 80% of the original. By #22211E, the mixture is 80% black.

#ABA796 #898678 #67645A #44433C #22211E #000000

Tones

Mixing #ABA796 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A29F92, keeps 80% of the original. By #898884, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#ABA796 #A29F92 #9A978D #919089 #898884 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#ABA796

RGB

rgb(171 167 150)

HSL

hsl(48.571 11.111% 62.941%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #ABA796;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#ABA796 uses 171 red, 167 green and 150 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 67.1%

Green 65.5%

Blue 58.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #ABA796 is 0.0% cyan, 2.3% magenta, 12.3% yellow and 32.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 2.3%

Yellow 12.3%

Black 32.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AAAA99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #AA9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #ABA796 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #999999, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AAAA99 Nearest web-safe: #999999

Gradient to complement

#ABA796 #A8A59A #A4A39D #A1A1A1 #9D9EA4 #9A9CA8 #969AAB

Color vision previews

Compare how #ABA796 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#ABA695

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#ACA797

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#AFA4A2

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#ABA696

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#ACA796

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#ACA69B

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#A7A7A7

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A9A79F

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.40724 G 0.38643 B 0.30499

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.66784 G 0.65543 B 0.59490

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.40355 G 0.38712 B 0.31263

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.331 y 0.353 Y 38.498

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 32.941 M % 34.510 Y % 41.176

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101011 10100111 10010110