#BABDA4#BABDA4

#BABDA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.035 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDA4
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 164)
HSL	hsl(67, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(67, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -5.44, 12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 13.45, 113.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0133 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.035 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1474, 49.5149, 42.2937)
Luminance	0.4951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDA4 #A7A4BD

analogous

#BDB4A4 #BABDA4 #AEBDA4

triadic

#BABDA4 #A4BABD #BDA4BA

tetradic

#BABDA4 #A4BDB4 #A7A4BD #BDA4AE

square

#BABDA4 #A4BDB4 #A7A4BD #BDA4AE

split-complementary

#BABDA4 #A4AEBD #B4A4BD

monochromatic

#818661 #9FA381 #BABDA4 #D5D7C7 #F0F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BABDA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BABDA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDA4

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDA4	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babda4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.035 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0bf',
    500: '#babda4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babda4;
$custom-light: #ced0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babda4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.2,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78917,
    "c": 0.03453,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDA4

secondary

#DCDBE2

accent

#4B9A55

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDA4

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

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