#BABA9A#BABA9A

#BABA9A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.044 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA9A
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 154)
HSL	hsl(60, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 17.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -5.45, 16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 17.16, 108.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0131 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.044 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6409, 47.8904, 37.5103)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA9A #9A9ABA

analogous

#BAAA9A #BABA9A #AABA9A

triadic

#BABA9A #9ABABA #BA9ABA

tetradic

#BABA9A #9ABAAA #9A9ABA #BA9AAA

square

#BABA9A #9ABAAA #9A9ABA #BA9AAA

split-complementary

#BABA9A #9AAABA #AA9ABA

monochromatic

#818158 #A1A176 #BABA9A #D3D3BE #ECECE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BABA9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BABA9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA9A

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA9A	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.044 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceb7',
    500: '#baba9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba9a;
$custom-light: #cfceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 18.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78043,
    "c": 0.04378,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA9A

secondary

#D3D3DD

accent

#489D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA9A

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

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