#BAB4A0#BAB4A0

#BAB4A0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.029 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB4A0
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 160)
HSL	hsl(46, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 14%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -1.32, 10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 11.05, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0016 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.029 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9156, 45.6202, 39.7957)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB4A0 #A0A6BA

analogous

#BAA7A0 #BAB4A0 #B3BAA0

triadic

#BAB4A0 #A0BAB4 #B4A0BA

tetradic

#BAB4A0 #A0BAA7 #A0A6BA #BAA0B3

square

#BAB4A0 #A0BAA7 #A0A6BA #BAA0B3

split-complementary

#BAB4A0 #A0B3BA #A7A0BA

monochromatic

#82795E #A0987D #BAB4A0 #D4D0C3 #EDECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BAB4A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BAB4A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB4A0

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB4A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB4A0	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B39F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab4a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.029 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecabc',
    500: '#bab4a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab4a0;
$custom-light: #cecabc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab4a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 15.854,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76937,
    "c": 0.02852,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB4A0

secondary

#D7D9DF

accent

#5E9A4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB4A0

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

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