#BABA8D#BABA8D

#BABA8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.061 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA8D
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 141)
HSL	hsl(60, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 24.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -7.38, 22.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 24.06, 107.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0185 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.061 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6163, 47.4806, 32.1138)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA8D #8D8DBA

analogous

#BAA48D #BABA8D #A4BA8D

triadic

#BABA8D #8DBABA #BA8DBA

tetradic

#BABA8D #8DBAA4 #8D8DBA #BA8DA4

square

#BABA8D #8DBAA4 #8D8DBA #BA8DA4

split-complementary

#BABA8D #8DA4BA #A48DBA

monochromatic

#7F7F4D #A3A367 #BABA8D #D1D1B3 #E8E8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BABA8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BABA8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA8D

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA8D	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B68A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.061 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceae',
    500: '#baba8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba8d;
$custom-light: #cfceae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 24.59,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77752,
    "c": 0.0608,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA8D

secondary

#CACAD9

accent

#42A342

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA8D

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

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