#BABAAB#BABAAB

#BABAAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.021 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABAAB
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 171)
HSL	hsl(60, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -2.68, 7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 8.06, 109.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.006 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.021 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1583, 48.4974, 45.5021)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABAAB #ABABBA

analogous

#BAB3AB #BABAAB #B3BAAB

triadic

#BABAAB #ABBABA #BAABBA

tetradic

#BABAAB #ABBAB3 #ABABBA #BAABB3

square

#BABAAB #ABBAB3 #ABABBA #BAABB3

split-complementary

#BABAAB #ABB3BA #B3ABBA

monochromatic

#81816A #9E9E89 #BABAAB #D6D6CD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BABAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BABAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABAAB

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABAAB	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babaab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.021 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecec4',
    500: '#babaab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babaab;
$custom-light: #cecec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babaab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 9.804,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7847,
    "c": 0.02077,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABAAB

secondary

#DEDEE3

accent

#529452

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABAAB

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

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