#BABA9F#BABA9F

#BABA9F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.037 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA9F
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 159)
HSL	hsl(60, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 14.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -4.67, 13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 14.49, 108.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.011 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.037 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.0660, 48.0605, 39.7493)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA9F #9F9FBA

analogous

#BAAC9F #BABA9F #ACBA9F

triadic

#BABA9F #9FBABA #BA9FBA

tetradic

#BABA9F #9FBAAC #9F9FBA #BA9FAC

square

#BABA9F #9FBAAC #9F9FBA #BA9FAC

split-complementary

#BABA9F #9FACBA #AC9FBA

monochromatic

#82825D #A0A07B #BABA9F #D4D4C3 #EDEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BABA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BABA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA9F

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA9F	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)

#BFB89D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.037 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecebb',
    500: '#baba9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba9f;
$custom-light: #cecebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 16.364,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78163,
    "c": 0.03708,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA9F

secondary

#D6D6DF

accent

#4B9B4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA9F

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

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