#BABA99#BABA99

#BABA99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.045 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA99
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 19%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 17.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -5.61, 16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 17.69, 108.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0135 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.045 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5580, 47.8573, 37.0735)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA99 #9999BA

analogous

#BAAA99 #BABA99 #AABA99

triadic

#BABA99 #99BABA #BA99BA

tetradic

#BABA99 #99BAAA #9999BA #BA99AA

square

#BABA99 #99BAAA #9999BA #BA99AA

split-complementary

#BABA99 #99AABA #AA99BA

monochromatic

#818157 #A1A174 #BABA99 #D3D3BE #EBEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BABA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BABA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA99

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA99	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.045 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceb7',
    500: '#baba99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba99;
$custom-light: #cfceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 19.298,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7802,
    "c": 0.0451,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA99

secondary

#D2D2DD

accent

#489E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA99

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

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