#BABEA0#BABEA0

#BABEA0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.041 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEA0
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 160)
HSL	hsl(68, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(68, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 15.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -6.61, 14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 16.12, 114.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0165 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.041 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0077, 49.8043, 40.4930)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEA0 #A4A0BE

analogous

#BEB3A0 #BABEA0 #ABBEA0

triadic

#BABEA0 #A0BABE #BEA0BA

tetradic

#BABEA0 #A0BEB3 #A4A0BE #BEA0AB

square

#BABEA0 #A0BEB3 #A4A0BE #BEA0AB

split-complementary

#BABEA0 #A0ABBE #B3A0BE

monochromatic

#81875C #A0A57C #BABEA0 #D4D7C4 #EFF0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BABEA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BABEA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEA0

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEA0	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BB9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.041 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1bc',
    500: '#babea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babea0;
$custom-light: #ced1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79029,
    "c": 0.04133,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEA0

secondary

#DAD8E1

accent

#489D54

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEA0

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

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