#BAB8AE#BAB8AE

#BAB8AE is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.014 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8AE
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(50, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -1.10, 5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 5.43, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0018 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.014 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0291, 47.7763, 46.8857)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8AE #AEB0BA

analogous

#BAB2AE #BAB8AE #B6BAAE

triadic

#BAB8AE #AEBAB8 #B8AEBA

tetradic

#BAB8AE #AEBAB2 #AEB0BA #BAAEB6

square

#BAB8AE #AEBAB2 #AEB0BA #BAAEB6

split-complementary

#BAB8AE #AEB6BA #B2AEBA

monochromatic

#807D6D #9E9B8D #BAB8AE #D6D5CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BAB8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BAB8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8AE

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8AE	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.014 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecdc6',
    500: '#bab8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8ae;
$custom-light: #cecdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 8,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78137,
    "c": 0.0141,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8AE

secondary

#E0E1E4

accent

#5E9254

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8AE

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

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