#BABDAD#BABDAD

#BABDAD is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.022 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDAD
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(71, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(71, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -3.92, 7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 8.67, 116.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0096 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.022 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9891, 49.8515, 46.7266)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDAD #B0ADBD

analogous

#BDB8AD #BABDAD #B2BDAD

triadic

#BABDAD #ADBABD #BDADBA

tetradic

#BABDAD #ADBDB8 #B0ADBD #BDADB2

square

#BABDAD #ADBDB8 #B0ADBD #BDADB2

split-complementary

#BABDAD #ADB2BD #B8ADBD

monochromatic

#80856B #9DA28B #BABDAD #D7D8CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BABDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BABDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDAD

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDAD	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.022 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0c5',
    500: '#babdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdad;
$custom-light: #ced0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.25,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79149,
    "c": 0.02236,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDAD

secondary

#E2E1E5

accent

#51955D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDAD

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

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