#BAB8A4#BAB8A4

#BAB8A4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.028 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8A4
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 164)
HSL	hsl(55, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 11.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -2.80, 10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 10.79, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0059 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.028 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0903, 47.4008, 41.9413)
Luminance	0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8A4 #A4A6BA

analogous

#BAADA4 #BAB8A4 #B1BAA4

triadic

#BAB8A4 #A4BAB8 #B8A4BA

tetradic

#BAB8A4 #A4BAAD #A4A6BA #BAA4B1

square

#BAB8A4 #A4BAAD #A4A6BA #BAA4B1

split-complementary

#BAB8A4 #A4B1BA #ADA4BA

monochromatic

#817F62 #A09D81 #BAB8A4 #D4D3C7 #EFEEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BAB8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BAB8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8A4

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8A4	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB6A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB8A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.028 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecdbf',
    500: '#bab8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8a4;
$custom-light: #cecdbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 13.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77871,
    "c": 0.02772,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8A4

secondary

#DADAE0

accent

#54984E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8A4

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

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