#BABA9E#BABA9E

#BABA9E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.038 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA9E
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 158)
HSL	hsl(60, 17%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 15.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -4.83, 14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 15.03, 108.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0114 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.038 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9796, 48.0259, 39.2942)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA9E #9E9EBA

analogous

#BAAC9E #BABA9E #ACBA9E

triadic

#BABA9E #9EBABA #BA9EBA

tetradic

#BABA9E #9EBAAC #9E9EBA #BA9EAC

square

#BABA9E #9EBAAC #9E9EBA #BA9EAC

split-complementary

#BABA9E #9EACBA #AC9EBA

monochromatic

#81815C #A1A17A #BABA9E #D3D3C2 #EDEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BABA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BABA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA9E

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA9E	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B99F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.038 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceba',
    500: '#baba9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba9e;
$custom-light: #cfceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 16.867,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78139,
    "c": 0.03843,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA9E

secondary

#D6D6DE

accent

#4A9B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA9E

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

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