#BABD8A#BABD8A

#BABD8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.069 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABD8A
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 138)
HSL	hsl(64, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -9.36, 25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 27.17, 110.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0242 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.069 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0347, 48.6698, 31.1670)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABD8A #8D8ABD

analogous

#BDA78A #BABD8A #A1BD8A

triadic

#BABD8A #8ABABD #BD8ABA

tetradic

#BABD8A #8ABDA7 #8D8ABD #BD8AA1

square

#BABD8A #8ABDA7 #8D8ABD #BD8AA1

split-complementary

#BABD8A #8AA1BD #A78ABD

monochromatic

#7F834A #A3A763 #BABD8A #D1D3B1 #E8E9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BABD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BABD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABD8A

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABD8A	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)

#C5B887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BA8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.069 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0ac',
    500: '#babd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babd8a;
$custom-light: #cfd0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78328,
    "c": 0.06857,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABD8A

secondary

#CAC9DA

accent

#3FA645

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABD8A

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

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