#BABAAC#BABAAC

#BABAAC is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.019 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABAAC
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 172)
HSL	hsl(60, 9%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -2.51, 7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 7.53, 109.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0056 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.019 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2540, 48.5357, 46.0060)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABAAC #ACACBA

analogous

#BAB3AC #BABAAC #B3BAAC

triadic

#BABAAC #ACBABA #BAACBA

tetradic

#BABAAC #ACBAB3 #ACACBA #BAACB3

square

#BABAAC #ACBAB3 #ACACBA #BAACB3

split-complementary

#BABAAC #ACB3BA #B3ACBA

monochromatic

#81816B #9E9E8B #BABAAC #D6D6CD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BABAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BABAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABAAC

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABAAC	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babaac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.019 106.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babaac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 9.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78497,
    "c": 0.01939,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABAAC

secondary

#DFDFE3

accent

#529352

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABAAC

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

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