#BABB8A#BABB8A

#BABB8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.066 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABB8A
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 138)
HSL	hsl(61, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -8.32, 24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 26.15, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0213 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.066 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6075, 47.8153, 31.0246)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABB8A #8B8ABB

analogous

#BBA38A #BABB8A #A1BB8A

triadic

#BABB8A #8ABABB #BB8ABA

tetradic

#BABB8A #8ABBA3 #8B8ABB #BB8AA1

square

#BABB8A #8ABBA3 #8B8ABB #BB8AA1

split-complementary

#BABB8A #8AA1BB #A38ABB

monochromatic

#7F804A #A3A563 #BABB8A #D1D1B1 #E8E8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BABB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BABB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABB8A

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABB8A	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B98C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.066 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfac',
    500: '#babb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babb8a;
$custom-light: #cfcfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.224,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77902,
    "c": 0.06594,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABB8A

secondary

#C8C8D9

accent

#40A542

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABB8A

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

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