#BABA96#BABA96

#BABA96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.049 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA96
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 19.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -6.06, 18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 19.29, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0147 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.049 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3133, 47.7594, 35.7850)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA96 #9696BA

analogous

#BAA896 #BABA96 #A8BA96

triadic

#BABA96 #96BABA #BA96BA

tetradic

#BABA96 #96BAA8 #9696BA #BA96A8

square

#BABA96 #96BAA8 #9696BA #BA96A8

split-complementary

#BABA96 #96A8BA #A896BA

monochromatic

#818155 #A2A271 #BABA96 #D2D2BB #EBEBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BABA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BABA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA96

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA96	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.049 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceb5',
    500: '#baba96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba96;
$custom-light: #cfceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 20.69,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7795,
    "c": 0.04908,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA96

secondary

#D0D0DC

accent

#469F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA96

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

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