#BABAA6#BABAA6

#BABAA6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.028 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABAA6
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 166)
HSL	hsl(60, 13%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 11%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 10.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -3.53, 10.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 10.75, 109.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0081 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.028 107)
XYZ	xyz(44.6908, 48.3104, 43.0395)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABAA6 #A6A6BA

analogous

#BAB0A6 #BABAA6 #B0BAA6

triadic

#BABAA6 #A6BABA #BAA6BA

tetradic

#BABAA6 #A6BAB0 #A6A6BA #BAA6B0

square

#BABAA6 #A6BAB0 #A6A6BA #BAA6B0

split-complementary

#BABAA6 #A6B0BA #B0A6BA

monochromatic

#818164 #9F9F84 #BABAA6 #D5D5C8 #EFEFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BABAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BABAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABAA6

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABAA6	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.028 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecec0',
    500: '#babaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babaa6;
$custom-light: #cecec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 12.658,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78339,
    "c": 0.02761,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.4831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABAA6

secondary

#DBDBE1

accent

#4F974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABAA6

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

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