#BABC97#BABC97

#BABC97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.050 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABC97
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 151)
HSL	hsl(63, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(63, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -6.96, 18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 19.81, 110.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0173 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.05 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8185, 48.6403, 36.3523)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABC97 #9997BC

analogous

#BCAC97 #BABC97 #A8BC97

triadic

#BABC97 #97BABC #BC97BA

tetradic

#BABC97 #97BCAC #9997BC #BC97A8

square

#BABC97 #97BCAC #9997BC #BC97A8

split-complementary

#BABC97 #97A8BC #AC97BC

monochromatic

#818455 #A1A472 #BABC97 #D3D4BC #EBECE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BABC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BABC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABC97

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABC97	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.050 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0b5',
    500: '#babc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babc97;
$custom-light: #cfd0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78396,
    "c": 0.05044,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABC97

secondary

#D2D1DD

accent

#45A04A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABC97

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

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