#BABA9C#BABA9C

#BABA9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.041 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA9C
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 156)
HSL	hsl(60, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 16.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -5.14, 15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 16.09, 108.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0122 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.041 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.8089, 47.9576, 38.3949)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA9C #9C9CBA

analogous

#BAAB9C #BABA9C #ABBA9C

triadic

#BABA9C #9CBABA #BA9CBA

tetradic

#BABA9C #9CBAAB #9C9CBA #BA9CAB

square

#BABA9C #9CBAAB #9C9CBA #BA9CAB

split-complementary

#BABA9C #9CABBA #AB9CBA

monochromatic

#81815A #A1A178 #BABA9C #D3D3C0 #ECECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BABA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BABA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA9C

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA9C	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B99D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.041 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceb9',
    500: '#baba9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba9c;
$custom-light: #cfceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78091,
    "c": 0.04111,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA9C

secondary

#D4D4DE

accent

#499C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA9C

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

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