#BAB596#BAB596

#BAB596 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.043 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB596
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 19.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -3.42, 16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 16.82, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0072 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.043 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2784, 45.6895, 35.4400)
Luminance	0.4569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB596 #969BBA

analogous

#BAA396 #BAB596 #ADBA96

triadic

#BAB596 #96BAB5 #B596BA

tetradic

#BAB596 #96BAA3 #969BBA #BA96AD

square

#BAB596 #96BAA3 #969BBA #BA96AD

split-complementary

#BAB596 #96ADBA #A396BA

monochromatic

#817B55 #A29B71 #BAB596 #D2CFBB #EBE9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BAB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#BAB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB596

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB596	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.043 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbb5',
    500: '#bab596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab596;
$custom-light: #cfcbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 20.69,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.769,
    "c": 0.04286,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB596

secondary

#D0D2DC

accent

#539F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB596

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

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