#BABC96#BABC96

#BABC96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.052 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABC96
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 150)
HSL	hsl(63, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(63, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -7.11, 19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 20.34, 110.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0177 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.052 110)
XYZ	xyz(43.7376, 48.6080, 35.9264)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABC96 #9896BC

analogous

#BCAB96 #BABC96 #A7BC96

triadic

#BABC96 #96BABC #BC96BA

tetradic

#BABC96 #96BCAB #9896BC #BC96A7

square

#BABC96 #96BCAB #9896BC #BC96A7

split-complementary

#BABC96 #96A7BC #AB96BC

monochromatic

#818454 #A1A471 #BABC96 #D3D4BB #EBECE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BABC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BABC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABC96

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABC96	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)

#C2B894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.052 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0b5',
    500: '#babc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babc96;
$custom-light: #cfd0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78373,
    "c": 0.05176,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.48608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABC96

secondary

#D1D1DD

accent

#45A14A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABC96

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

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