#BABA9D#BABA9D

#BABA9D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.040 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA9D
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 157)
HSL	hsl(60, 17%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 15.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -4.99, 14.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 15.56, 108.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0118 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.04 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.8939, 47.9916, 38.8427)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA9D #9D9DBA

analogous

#BAAC9D #BABA9D #ACBA9D

triadic

#BABA9D #9DBABA #BA9DBA

tetradic

#BABA9D #9DBAAC #9D9DBA #BA9DAC

square

#BABA9D #9DBAAC #9D9DBA #BA9DAC

split-complementary

#BABA9D #9DACBA #AC9DBA

monochromatic

#81815B #A1A179 #BABA9D #D3D3C1 #EDEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BABA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BABA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA9D

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA9D	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B99E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.040 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceba',
    500: '#baba9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba9d;
$custom-light: #cfceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 17.365,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78115,
    "c": 0.03977,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA9D

secondary

#D5D5DE

accent

#4A9C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA9D

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

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