#BABDAB#BABDAB

#BABDAB is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.025 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDAB
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(70, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(70, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -4.27, 8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 9.73, 116.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0105 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.025 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7970, 49.7747, 45.7150)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDAB #AEABBD

analogous

#BDB7AB #BABDAB #B1BDAB

triadic

#BABDAB #ABBABD #BDABBA

tetradic

#BABDAB #ABBDB7 #AEABBD #BDABB1

square

#BABDAB #ABBDB7 #AEABBD #BDABB1

split-complementary

#BABDAB #ABB1BD #B7ABBD

monochromatic

#808569 #9EA289 #BABDAB #D6D8CD #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BABDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BABDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDAB

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDAB	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.025 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0c4',
    500: '#babdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdab;
$custom-light: #ced0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79096,
    "c": 0.02507,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDAB

secondary

#E0DFE4

accent

#4F965B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDAB

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

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