#BABCAB#BABCAB

#BABCAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.024 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCAB
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(67, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(67, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -3.74, 8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 9.16, 114.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.009 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.024 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5826, 49.3460, 45.6435)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCAB #ADABBC

analogous

#BCB5AB #BABCAB #B1BCAB

triadic

#BABCAB #ABBABC #BCABBA

tetradic

#BABCAB #ABBCB5 #ADABBC #BCABB1

square

#BABCAB #ABBCB5 #ADABBC #BCABB1

split-complementary

#BABCAB #ABB1BC #B5ABBC

monochromatic

#808469 #9EA189 #BABCAB #D6D7CD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BABCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BABCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCAB

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCAB	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.024 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0c4',
    500: '#babcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcab;
$custom-light: #ced0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 11.258,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78887,
    "c": 0.0236,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCAB

secondary

#E0DFE4

accent

#509558

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCAB

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

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