#BABE8B#BABE8B

#BABE8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.069 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABE8B
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 139)
HSL	hsl(65, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 26.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -9.74, 25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 27.17, 111.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0253 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.069 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3233, 49.1306, 31.6220)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABE8B #8F8BBE

analogous

#BEA98B #BABE8B #A1BE8B

triadic

#BABE8B #8BBABE #BE8BBA

tetradic

#BABE8B #8BBEA9 #8F8BBE #BE8BA1

square

#BABE8B #8BBEA9 #8F8BBE #BE8BA1

split-complementary

#BABE8B #8BA1BE #A98BBE

monochromatic

#80844A #A3A864 #BABE8B #D1D4B2 #E9EAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BABE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BABE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABE8B

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABE8B	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babe8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.069 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1ad',
    500: '#babe8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babe8b;
$custom-light: #cfd1ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babe8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.706,
    "s": 28.177,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78562,
    "c": 0.06866,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABE8B

secondary

#CBCADB

accent

#3FA747

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABE8B

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

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