#BAB898#BAB898

#BAB898 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.044 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB898
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 152)
HSL	hsl(56, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 18.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -4.71, 16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 17.21, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0109 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.044 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0573, 46.9876, 36.5009)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB898 #989ABA

analogous

#BAA798 #BAB898 #ABBA98

triadic

#BAB898 #98BAB8 #B898BA

tetradic

#BAB898 #98BAA7 #989ABA #BA98AB

square

#BAB898 #98BAA7 #989ABA #BA98AB

split-complementary

#BAB898 #98ABBA #A798BA

monochromatic

#817F56 #A19F73 #BAB898 #D3D1BD #EBEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BAB898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BAB898 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB898

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB898	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.044 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdb6',
    500: '#bab898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab898;
$custom-light: #cfcdb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 19.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77576,
    "c": 0.04385,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB898

secondary

#D1D2DC

accent

#4C9E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB898

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

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