#BAB8AC#BAB8AC

#BAB8AC is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.017 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8AC
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 172)
HSL	hsl(51, 9%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 7.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -1.44, 6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 6.50, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0026 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.017 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.8356, 47.6989, 45.8665)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8AC #ACAEBA

analogous

#BAB1AC #BAB8AC #B5BAAC

triadic

#BAB8AC #ACBAB8 #B8ACBA

tetradic

#BAB8AC #ACBAB1 #ACAEBA #BAACB5

square

#BAB8AC #ACBAB1 #ACAEBA #BAACB5

split-complementary

#BAB8AC #ACB5BA #B1ACBA

monochromatic

#817E6B #9E9B8B #BAB8AC #D6D5CD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BAB8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BAB8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8AC

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8AC	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.017 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecdc4',
    500: '#bab8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8ac;
$custom-light: #cecdc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 9.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78082,
    "c": 0.01683,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8AC

secondary

#DFE0E3

accent

#5C9352

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8AC

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

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