#BABAAE#BABAAE

#BABAAE is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.017 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABAAE
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 174)
HSL	hsl(60, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -2.16, 6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 6.45, 109.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0048 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.017 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4475, 48.6131, 47.0252)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABAAE #AEAEBA

analogous

#BAB4AE #BABAAE #B4BAAE

triadic

#BABAAE #AEBABA #BAAEBA

tetradic

#BABAAE #AEBAB4 #AEAEBA #BAAEB4

square

#BABAAE #AEBAB4 #AEAEBA #BAAEB4

split-complementary

#BABAAE #AEB4BA #B4AEBA

monochromatic

#80806D #9E9E8D #BABAAE #D6D6CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BABAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BABAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABAAE

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABAAE	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.017 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecec6',
    500: '#babaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babaae;
$custom-light: #cecec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 8,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78551,
    "c": 0.01664,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABAAE

secondary

#E0E0E4

accent

#549254

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABAAE

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

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