#BABE8D#BABE8D

#BABE8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.066 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABE8D
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 141)
HSL	hsl(65, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 25.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -9.46, 24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 26.13, 111.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0244 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.066 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4707, 49.1896, 32.3986)
Luminance	0.4919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABE8D #918DBE

analogous

#BEAA8D #BABE8D #A2BE8D

triadic

#BABE8D #8DBABE #BE8DBA

tetradic

#BABE8D #8DBEAA #918DBE #BE8DA2

square

#BABE8D #8DBEAA #918DBE #BE8DA2

split-complementary

#BABE8D #8DA2BE #AA8DBE

monochromatic

#80854C #A2A866 #BABE8D #D2D4B4 #E9EADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BABE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BABE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABE8D

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABE8D	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B98A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babe8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.066 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1ae',
    500: '#babe8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babe8d;
$custom-light: #cfd1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babe8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.898,
    "s": 27.374,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78603,
    "c": 0.06612,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABE8D

secondary

#CCCBDC

accent

#40A648

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABE8D

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

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