#BABBAE#BABBAE

#BABBAE is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.018 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABBAE
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(65, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(65, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -2.69, 6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 7.00, 112.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0063 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.018 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6589, 49.0359, 47.0957)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABBAE #AFAEBB

analogous

#BBB5AE #BABBAE #B3BBAE

triadic

#BABBAE #AEBABB #BBAEBA

tetradic

#BABBAE #AEBBB5 #AFAEBB #BBAEB3

square

#BABBAE #AEBBB5 #AFAEBB #BBAEB3

split-complementary

#BABBAE #AEB3BB #B5AEBB

monochromatic

#80826D #9E9F8D #BABBAE #D6D7CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BABBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BABBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABBAE

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABBAE	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.018 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfc6',
    500: '#babbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babbae;
$custom-light: #cecfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 8.725,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78759,
    "c": 0.01804,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABBAE

secondary

#E1E1E4

accent

#539358

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABBAE

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

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