#BABAAD#BABAAD

#BABAAD is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.018 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABAAD
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 173)
HSL	hsl(60, 9%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -2.33, 6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 6.99, 109.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0052 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.018 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3504, 48.5742, 46.5137)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABAAD #ADADBA

analogous

#BAB3AD #BABAAD #B3BAAD

triadic

#BABAAD #ADBABA #BAADBA

tetradic

#BABAAD #ADBAB3 #ADADBA #BAADB3

square

#BABAAD #ADBAB3 #ADADBA #BAADB3

split-complementary

#BABAAD #ADB3BA #B3ADBA

monochromatic

#80806C #9E9E8C #BABAAD #D6D6CE #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BABAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BABAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABAAD

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABAAD	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)

#BDB9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babaad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.018 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecec5',
    500: '#babaad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babaad;
$custom-light: #cecec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babaad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 8.609,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78524,
    "c": 0.01802,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABAAD

secondary

#E0E0E3

accent

#539353

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABAAD

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

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