#BAB6AA#BAB6AA

#BAB6AA is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.017 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB6AA
RGB	rgb(186, 182, 170)
HSL	hsl(45, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 8.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -0.72, 6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 6.64, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0005 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.017 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2325, 46.7976, 44.7251)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB6AA #AAAEBA

analogous

#BAAEAA #BAB6AA #B6BAAA

triadic

#BAB6AA #AABAB6 #B6AABA

tetradic

#BAB6AA #AABAAE #AAAEBA #BAAAB6

square

#BAB6AA #AABAAE #AAAEBA #BAAAB6

split-complementary

#BAB6AA #AAB6BA #AEAABA

monochromatic

#817B69 #9F9988 #BAB6AA #D5D3CC #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BAB6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BAB6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB6AA

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB6AA	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 182, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.017 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecbc3',
    500: '#bab6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab6aa;
$custom-light: #cecbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 10.39,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77614,
    "c": 0.01731,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB6AA

secondary

#DEDFE2

accent

#629451

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB6AA

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

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