#BABBAB#BABBAB

#BABBAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.022 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABBAB
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(64, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(64, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -3.21, 7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 8.61, 111.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0075 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.022 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3697, 48.9202, 45.5726)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABBAB #ACABBB

analogous

#BBB4AB #BABBAB #B2BBAB

triadic

#BABBAB #ABBABB #BBABBA

tetradic

#BABBAB #ABBBB4 #ACABBB #BBABB2

square

#BABBAB #ABBBB4 #ACABBB #BBABB2

split-complementary

#BABBAB #ABB2BB #B4ABBB

monochromatic

#818269 #9EA089 #BABBAB #D6D6CD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BABBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BABBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABBAB

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABBAB	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.022 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfc4',
    500: '#babbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babbab;
$custom-light: #cecfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78679,
    "c": 0.02216,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABBAB

secondary

#DFDFE3

accent

#519555

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABBAB

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

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