#BAB296#BAB296

#BAB296 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.040 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB296
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 150)
HSL	hsl(47, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 19.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -1.83, 15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 15.47, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0027 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.04 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6749, 44.4826, 35.2388)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB296 #969EBA

analogous

#BAA096 #BAB296 #B0BA96

triadic

#BAB296 #96BAB2 #B296BA

tetradic

#BAB296 #96BAA0 #969EBA #BA96B0

square

#BAB296 #96BAA0 #969EBA #BA96B0

split-complementary

#BAB296 #96B0BA #A096BA

monochromatic

#817755 #A29771 #BAB296 #D2CDBB #EBE8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BAB296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BAB296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB296

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB296	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.040 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9b5',
    500: '#bab296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab296;
$custom-light: #cfc9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 20.69,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76274,
    "c": 0.03958,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB296

secondary

#D0D3DC

accent

#5A9F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB296

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

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