#BAB498#BAB498

#BAB498 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.039 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB498
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 152)
HSL	hsl(49, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 18.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -2.59, 15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 15.29, 99.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0049 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.039 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2382, 45.3492, 36.2279)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB498 #989EBA

analogous

#BAA398 #BAB498 #AFBA98

triadic

#BAB498 #98BAB4 #B498BA

tetradic

#BAB498 #98BAA3 #989EBA #BA98AF

square

#BAB498 #98BAA3 #989EBA #BA98AF

split-complementary

#BAB498 #98AFBA #A398BA

monochromatic

#817A56 #A19973 #BAB498 #D3CFBD #EBE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BAB498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BAB498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB498

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB498	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.039 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcab6',
    500: '#bab498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab498;
$custom-light: #cfcab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 19.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76739,
    "c": 0.03909,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB498

secondary

#D1D3DC

accent

#579E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB498

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

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