#BABDA8#BABDA8

#BABDA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.029 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDA8
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 168)
HSL	hsl(69, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(69, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -4.78, 10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 11.32, 114.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0117 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.029 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5143, 49.6616, 44.2261)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDA8 #ABA8BD

analogous

#BDB5A8 #BABDA8 #B0BDA8

triadic

#BABDA8 #A8BABD #BDA8BA

tetradic

#BABDA8 #A8BDB5 #ABA8BD #BDA8B0

square

#BABDA8 #A8BDB5 #ABA8BD #BDA8B0

split-complementary

#BABDA8 #A8B0BD #B5A8BD

monochromatic

#818565 #9EA385 #BABDA8 #D6D7CB #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BABDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BABDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDA8

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDA8	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.029 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0c1',
    500: '#babda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babda8;
$custom-light: #ced0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79018,
    "c": 0.02913,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDA8

secondary

#DEDDE3

accent

#4E9858

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDA8

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

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