#BABCAD#BABCAD

#BABCAD is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.021 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCAD
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(68, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(68, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -3.40, 7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 8.09, 114.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0082 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.021 113)
XYZ	xyz(45.7747, 49.4228, 46.6551)
Luminance	0.4942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCAD #AFADBC

analogous

#BCB6AD #BABCAD #B2BCAD

triadic

#BABCAD #ADBABC #BCADBA

tetradic

#BABCAD #ADBCB6 #AFADBC #BCADB2

square

#BABCAD #ADBCB6 #AFADBC #BCADB2

split-complementary

#BABCAD #ADB2BC #B6ADBC

monochromatic

#80836B #9EA08B #BABCAD #D6D8CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BABCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BABCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCAD

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCAD	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.021 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0c5',
    500: '#babcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcad;
$custom-light: #ced0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 10.067,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7894,
    "c": 0.02086,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.49423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCAD

secondary

#E1E0E4

accent

#51945A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCAD

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

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