#BABDA5#BABDA5

#BABDA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.033 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDA5
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(68, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(68, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -5.28, 11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 12.92, 114.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0129 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.033 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2380, 49.5511, 42.7711)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDA5 #A8A5BD

analogous

#BDB4A5 #BABDA5 #AEBDA5

triadic

#BABDA5 #A5BABD #BDA5BA

tetradic

#BABDA5 #A5BDB4 #A8A5BD #BDA5AE

square

#BABDA5 #A5BDB4 #A8A5BD #BDA5AE

split-complementary

#BABDA5 #A5AEBD #B4A5BD

monochromatic

#818662 #9FA382 #BABDA5 #D5D7C8 #F0F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BABDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BABDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDA5

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDA5	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.033 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0bf',
    500: '#babda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babda5;
$custom-light: #ced0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78942,
    "c": 0.03317,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDA5

secondary

#DCDBE2

accent

#4C9A56

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDA5

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

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