#BABE99#BABE99

#BABE99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.051 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABE99
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 153)
HSL	hsl(66, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(66, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 19.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -7.70, 18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 19.82, 112.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0194 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.051 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4125, 49.5662, 37.3584)
Luminance	0.4957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABE99 #9D99BE

analogous

#BEAF99 #BABE99 #A8BE99

triadic

#BABE99 #99BABE #BE99BA

tetradic

#BABE99 #99BEAF #9D99BE #BE99A8

square

#BABE99 #99BEAF #9D99BE #BE99A8

split-complementary

#BABE99 #99A8BE #AF99BE

monochromatic

#818756 #A1A674 #BABE99 #D3D6BE #EDEEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BABE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BABE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABE99

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABE99	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babe99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.051 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1b7',
    500: '#babe99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babe99;
$custom-light: #cfd1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babe99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.486,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78864,
    "c": 0.05059,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABE99

secondary

#D5D4DF

accent

#45A14F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABE99

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

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