#BAB49C#BAB49C

#BAB49C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.034 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB49C
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 156)
HSL	hsl(48, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 16.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -1.96, 13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 13.17, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0032 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.034 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5713, 45.4825, 37.9824)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB49C #9CA2BA

analogous

#BAA59C #BAB49C #B1BA9C

triadic

#BAB49C #9CBAB4 #B49CBA

tetradic

#BAB49C #9CBAA5 #9CA2BA #BA9CB1

square

#BAB49C #9CBAA5 #9CA2BA #BA9CB1

split-complementary

#BAB49C #9CB1BA #A59CBA

monochromatic

#817A5A #A19978 #BAB49C #D3CFC0 #ECEBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BAB49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BAB49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB49C

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB49C	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.034 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcab9',
    500: '#bab49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab49c;
$custom-light: #cfcab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76836,
    "c": 0.0338,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB49C

secondary

#D4D6DE

accent

#5A9C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB49C

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

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