#BABCAE#BABCAE

#BABCAE is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.019 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCAE
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(69, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(69, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -3.22, 6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 7.56, 115.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0078 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.02 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8718, 49.4617, 47.1666)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCAE #B0AEBC

analogous

#BCB7AE #BABCAE #B3BCAE

triadic

#BABCAE #AEBABC #BCAEBA

tetradic

#BABCAE #AEBCB7 #B0AEBC #BCAEB3

square

#BABCAE #AEBCB7 #B0AEBC #BCAEB3

split-complementary

#BABCAE #AEB3BC #B7AEBC

monochromatic

#80836C #9DA08D #BABCAE #D7D8CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BABCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BABCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCAE

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCAE	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.019 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0c6',
    500: '#babcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcae;
$custom-light: #ced0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78967,
    "c": 0.0195,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCAE

secondary

#E2E1E5

accent

#52935B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCAE

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

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