#BAB698#BAB698

#BAB698 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.041 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB698
RGB	rgb(186, 182, 152)
HSL	hsl(53, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 18.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -3.65, 15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 16.23, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0079 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.041 101)
XYZ	xyz(42.6448, 46.1626, 36.3634)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB698 #989CBA

analogous

#BAA598 #BAB698 #ADBA98

triadic

#BAB698 #98BAB6 #B698BA

tetradic

#BAB698 #98BAA5 #989CBA #BA98AD

square

#BAB698 #98BAA5 #989CBA #BA98AD

split-complementary

#BAB698 #98ADBA #A598BA

monochromatic

#817C56 #A19C73 #BAB698 #D3D0BD #EBEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BAB698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BAB698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB698

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB698	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 182, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.041 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbb6',
    500: '#bab698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab698;
$custom-light: #cfcbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 19.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77157,
    "c": 0.04139,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.46162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB698

secondary

#D1D3DC

accent

#529E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB698

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

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