#BAB8A2#BAB8A2

#BAB8A2 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.030 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8A2
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(55, 15%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 13%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 12.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -3.13, 11.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 11.86, 105.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0068 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.03 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9111, 47.3291, 40.9976)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8A2 #A2A4BA

analogous

#BAACA2 #BAB8A2 #B0BAA2

triadic

#BAB8A2 #A2BAB8 #B8A2BA

tetradic

#BAB8A2 #A2BAAC #A2A4BA #BAA2B0

square

#BAB8A2 #A2BAAC #A2A4BA #BAA2B0

split-complementary

#BAB8A2 #A2B0BA #ACA2BA

monochromatic

#827F60 #A09D7F #BAB8A2 #D4D3C5 #EEEEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BAB8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BAB8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8A2

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8A2	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB6A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB8A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.030 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecdbd',
    500: '#bab8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8a2;
$custom-light: #cecdbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 14.815,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7782,
    "c": 0.03044,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8A2

secondary

#D8D9E0

accent

#53994C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8A2

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

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