#BABE9D#BABE9D

#BABE9D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.045 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABE9D
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 157)
HSL	hsl(67, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(67, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 17.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -7.09, 16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 17.71, 113.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0177 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.045 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7484, 49.7006, 39.1275)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABE9D #A19DBE

analogous

#BEB19D #BABE9D #A9BE9D

triadic

#BABE9D #9DBABE #BE9DBA

tetradic

#BABE9D #9DBEB1 #A19DBE #BE9DA9

square

#BABE9D #9DBEB1 #A19DBE #BE9DA9

split-complementary

#BABE9D #9DA9BE #B19DBE

monochromatic

#82875A #A0A678 #BABE9D #D4D6C2 #EEEFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BABE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BABE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABE9D

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABE9D	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BB9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babe9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.045 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1ba',
    500: '#babe9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babe9d;
$custom-light: #cfd1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babe9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.273,
    "s": 20.245,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78957,
    "c": 0.04531,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABE9D

secondary

#D8D6E0

accent

#479F52

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABE9D

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

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