#BABAA8#BABAA8

#BABAA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.025 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABAA8
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 168)
HSL	hsl(60, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 9.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -3.19, 9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 9.67, 109.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0073 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.025 107)
XYZ	xyz(44.8756, 48.3843, 44.0132)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABAA8 #A8A8BA

analogous

#BAB1A8 #BABAA8 #B1BAA8

triadic

#BABAA8 #A8BABA #BAA8BA

tetradic

#BABAA8 #A8BAB1 #A8A8BA #BAA8B1

square

#BABAA8 #A8BAB1 #A8A8BA #BAA8B1

split-complementary

#BABAA8 #A8B1BA #B1A8BA

monochromatic

#818166 #9F9F86 #BABAA8 #D5D5CA #F0F0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BABAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BABAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABAA8

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABAA8	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB8A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.025 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecec1',
    500: '#babaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babaa8;
$custom-light: #cecec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78391,
    "c": 0.02488,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.48384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABAA8

secondary

#DCDCE1

accent

#509650

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABAA8

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

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