#BABB5E#BABB5E

#BABB5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.117 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABB5E
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 94)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -13.34, 46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 48.38, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0387 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.117 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0413, 46.7888, 17.5094)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABB5E #5F5EBB

analogous

#BB8D5E #BABB5E #8CBB5E

triadic

#BABB5E #5EBABB #BB5EBA

tetradic

#BABB5E #5EBB8D #5F5EBB #BB5E8C

square

#BABB5E #5EBB8D #5F5EBB #BB5E8C

split-complementary

#BABB5E #5E8CBB #8D5EBB

monochromatic

#6F702F #9A9B41 #BABB5E #CCCD89 #DFDFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BABB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BABB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABB5E

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABB5E	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.117 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf8e',
    500: '#babb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babb5e;
$custom-light: #d1cf8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.645,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77169,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABB5E

secondary

#A7A7CE

accent

#57D059

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABB5E

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

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