#BAB298#BAB298

#BAB298 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.037 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB298
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 152)
HSL	hsl(46, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 18.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -1.52, 14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 14.41, 96.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0019 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.037 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8373, 44.5476, 36.0943)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB298 #98A0BA

analogous

#BAA198 #BAB298 #B1BA98

triadic

#BAB298 #98BAB2 #B298BA

tetradic

#BAB298 #98BAA1 #98A0BA #BA98B1

square

#BAB298 #98BAA1 #98A0BA #BA98B1

split-complementary

#BAB298 #98B1BA #A198BA

monochromatic

#817756 #A19773 #BAB298 #D3CDBD #EBE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BAB298 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BAB298 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB298

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB298	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB298	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab298;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.037 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9b6',
    500: '#bab298',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab298;
$custom-light: #cfc9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab298",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 19.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76322,
    "c": 0.03698,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB298

secondary

#D1D4DC

accent

#5C9E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB298

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

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