#BABDAE#BABDAE

#BABDAE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.021 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDAE
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(72, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(72, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -3.75, 7.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 8.14, 117.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0092 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.021 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0862, 49.8904, 47.2381)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDAE #B1AEBD

analogous

#BDB8AE #BABDAE #B2BDAE

triadic

#BABDAE #AEBABD #BDAEBA

tetradic

#BABDAE #AEBDB8 #B1AEBD #BDAEB2

square

#BABDAE #AEBDB8 #B1AEBD #BDAEB2

split-complementary

#BABDAE #AEB2BD #B8AEBD

monochromatic

#80856C #9DA28C #BABDAE #D7D8D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BABDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BABDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDAE

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDAE	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBBAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.021 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0c6',
    500: '#babdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdae;
$custom-light: #ced0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79176,
    "c": 0.02101,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDAE

secondary

#E2E1E5

accent

#51945F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDAE

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

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