#BAB89E#BAB89E

#BAB89E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.036 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB89E
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 158)
HSL	hsl(56, 17%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 15.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -3.77, 13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 14.00, 105.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0084 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.036 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5612, 47.1891, 39.1547)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB89E #9EA0BA

analogous

#BAAA9E #BAB89E #AEBA9E

triadic

#BAB89E #9EBAB8 #B89EBA

tetradic

#BAB89E #9EBAAA #9EA0BA #BA9EAE

square

#BAB89E #9EBAAA #9EA0BA #BA9EAE

split-complementary

#BAB89E #9EAEBA #AA9EBA

monochromatic

#817F5C #A19E7A #BAB89E #D3D2C2 #EDECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BAB89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BAB89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB89E

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB89E	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB69C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.036 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecdba',
    500: '#bab89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab89e;
$custom-light: #cecdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 16.867,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7772,
    "c": 0.03583,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB89E

secondary

#D6D6DE

accent

#509B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB89E

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

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