#BABC9E#BABC9E

#BABC9E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.041 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABC9E
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(64, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(64, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -5.88, 14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 16.09, 111.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0144 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.041 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4039, 48.8745, 39.4356)
Luminance	0.4887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABC9E #A09EBC

analogous

#BCAF9E #BABC9E #ABBC9E

triadic

#BABC9E #9EBABC #BC9EBA

tetradic

#BABC9E #9EBCAF #A09EBC #BC9EAB

square

#BABC9E #9EBCAF #A09EBC #BC9EAB

split-complementary

#BABC9E #9EABBC #AF9EBC

monochromatic

#82845B #A0A37A #BABC9E #D4D5C2 #EDEEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BABC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BABC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABC9E

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABC9E	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B99C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.041 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0ba',
    500: '#babc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babc9e;
$custom-light: #cfd0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78559,
    "c": 0.04116,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABC9E

secondary

#D7D6E0

accent

#499D4E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABC9E

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

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