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Muted Yellow
#AB9B6D

Muted Yellow (#AB9B6D) with RGB(171, 155, 109) and HSL(45, 27%, 55%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems.

YellowCorewarm
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Interactive

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Values

Production-ready color values

Copy formats for CSS, handoff docs, tokens, and implementation.

HEX
#AB9B6D
RGB
rgb(171, 155, 109)
HSL
hsl(45, 27%, 55%)
HSV
hsv(45, 36%, 67%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 9%, 36%, 33%)
Decimal
11246445
Contrast

Accessibility checks

Aa
On white
2.75:1
Aa
On black
7.64:1
Shades

Tonal scale

#1A170F#312B1C#51482F#716541#928254#AB9C6D#BEB28E#CDC3A8#DDD7C5#EEEBE2
90080070060050040030020010050
Accessibility

Contrast Audit

On White
FAIL
Text
2.75:1
On Black
WCAG AA PASS
Text
7.64:1
Vision

Simulator

protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
Harmonies

Palette combinations from this base color

Open any harmony as a shareable palette route and keep refining from there.

Complementary
Open palette
#AB9B6D#6D7DAB
#AB9C6D#6DAB9C#9C6DAB
Analogous
Open palette
#AB7D6D#AB8C6D#AB9C6D#ABAB6D#9CAB6D
Split complementary
Open palette
#AB9C6D#6D9CAB#7D6DAB
Tetradic
Open palette
#AB9C6D#6DAB7D#6D7DAB#AB6D9C
Monochromatic
Open palette
#413A25#716541#A2915D#BEB28E#DAD3BE
Analysis

Design expert profile

Detailed psychological and professional strategy for this specific tone.

Muted Yellow (#AB9B6D) with RGB(171, 155, 109) and HSL(45, 27%, 55%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems.
yellowcorewarmhex-ab9b6dh-45s-27l-55
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Developer Handoff

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CSS
/* Muted Yellow */
color: #AB9B6D;
background-color: #AB9B6D;
border-color: #AB9B6D;
box-shadow: 0 4px 24px #ab9b6d40;
Tailwind CSS
bg-[#AB9B6D] text-[#AB9B6D] border-[#AB9B6D] ring-[#AB9B6D]
SwiftUI
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.608, blue: 0.427)
Flutter / Dart
Color(0xFFAB9B6D)
Android XML
<color name="muted_yellow">#AB9B6D</color>
React Native
{ color: '#AB9B6D' }
Social Media

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Muted Yellow

#AB9B6D·rgb(171, 155, 109)

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Dark Gray
#A9A9A9
Gray
#808080
Light Slate Gray
#778899
Slate Gray
#708090
Indian Red
#CD5C5C
Light Coral
#F08080
Brand Match

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About

About Muted Yellow

This section gives the same kind of richer color context you’d expect from a dedicated color reference page.

Meaning
Muted Yellow sits in the yellow family with a core tone, so it holds enough weight for primary UI accents. It reads as energetic, social, and forward-moving.
Applications
Muted Yellow (#AB9B6D) with RGB(171, 155, 109) and HSL(45, 27%, 55%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems. It performs better as foreground color on dark interfaces and dense contrast surfaces.
Family
Yellow
Tone
Core
Temperature
warm
Keywords
yellow, core, warm, hex-ab9b6d, h-45, s-27
Conversion

Color conversions

Use these values in CSS, product docs, design tokens, and print-oriented workflows.

HEX
#AB9B6D
RGB
rgb(171, 155, 109)
HSL
hsl(45, 27%, 55%)
HSV
hsv(45, 36%, 67%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 9%, 36%, 33%)
Variations

Shades and tonal variations

Build softer surfaces, deeper states, and a cleaner tonal system from the same base hue.

#1A170F#312B1C#51482F#716541#928254#AB9C6D#BEB28E#CDC3A8#DDD7C5#EEEBE2
900
#1A170F
800
#312B1C
700
#51482F
600
#716541
500
#928254
400
#AB9C6D
Color harmonies

Harmony-based palette routes

Move from a single color into full palette ideas based on common harmony systems.

Complementary
Open palette
#AB9B6D#6D7DAB
#AB9C6D#6DAB9C#9C6DAB
Analogous
Open palette
#AB7D6D#AB8C6D#AB9C6D#ABAB6D#9CAB6D
Split complementary
Open palette
#AB9C6D#6D9CAB#7D6DAB
Tetradic
Open palette
#AB9C6D#6DAB7D#6D7DAB#AB6D9C
Monochromatic
Open palette
#413A25#716541#A2915D#BEB28E#DAD3BE
Blindness simulator

Color blindness preview

These simulations help you judge whether the color keeps enough identity across common color-vision variations.

Protanopia
#A4A478
Red-sensitive cones are reduced, so warm reds and greens can collapse toward similar mid-tones.
Deuteranopia
#A5A67B
Green-sensitive cones are reduced, which often compresses green and red distinctions.
Tritanopia
#AA8183
Blue-sensitive cones are reduced, which shifts blues and yellows toward flatter blends.
Contrast checker

Accessibility contrast snapshots

Use these quick checks to understand where the color is more reliable for text, icons, and UI foregrounds.

Aa
On white
2.75:1
Fails normal and large text guidance.
Aa
On black
7.64:1
AAA passes for normal text.
Similar colors

Nearby color references

Use nearby colors when you want alternatives with a similar overall feel but a different hue or intensity.

Dark Gray
#A9A9A9
Gray
#808080
Light Slate Gray
#778899
Slate Gray
#708090
Indian Red
#CD5C5C
Light Coral
#F08080
Color libraries

Library-ready mappings

These mappings help you slot the color into CSS names, Tailwind-like scales, and semantic design tokens faster.

CSS named match
Muted Yellow
Closest standard CSS name to #AB9B6D for developer-friendly reference and docs.
Design token
--color-yellow-core
A token-friendly alias you can use in design systems, Tailwind maps, or CSS variables.
Tailwind-friendly scale
yellow-500
A naming pattern that fits Tailwind-style scale systems and keeps #AB9B6D as the core value.
HSL token
45 27% 55%
Useful when your component library or theme layer stores semantic colors in HSL channels.
Color palettes

Palette ideas related to this color

These palette routes are pulled from the curated library based on RGB similarity, so you can branch into more complete systems quickly.

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Sage Garden
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naturalgreensoft
Paper
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warmmutedtypography
Warm Wellness
Similarity score 35
Open
warmnaturalwellness
Warm Stone
Similarity score 35
Open
warmnaturalearthy
Warm Wellness
Similarity score 35
Open
warmnaturalwellness
Warm Neutral
Similarity score 36
Open
minimalwarmearthy
Rose Gold
Similarity score 41
Open
pastelpinksoft