#BAAE8A#BAAE8A

#BAAE8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.051 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE8A
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(45, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 25.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -1.45, 20.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 20.12, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0016 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.051 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9734, 42.5471, 30.1465)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE8A #8A96BA

analogous

#BA968A #BAAE8A #AEBA8A

triadic

#BAAE8A #8ABAAE #AE8ABA

tetradic

#BAAE8A #8ABA96 #8A96BA #BA8AAE

square

#BAAE8A #8ABA96 #8A96BA #BA8AAE

split-complementary

#BAAE8A #8AAEBA #968ABA

monochromatic

#7F724B #A39364 #BAAE8A #D1C9B0 #E7E3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAAE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BAAE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE8A

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE8A	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AC88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B08B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.051 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6ac',
    500: '#baae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae8a;
$custom-light: #cfc6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75166,
    "c": 0.05104,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE8A

secondary

#C7CCD8

accent

#5AA441

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE8A

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

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