#BABEA1#BABEA1

#BABEA1 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.040 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEA1
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 161)
HSL	hsl(68, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(68, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 15.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -6.45, 14.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 15.60, 114.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0161 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.04 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0955, 49.8395, 40.9556)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEA1 #A5A1BE

analogous

#BEB4A1 #BABEA1 #ACBEA1

triadic

#BABEA1 #A1BABE #BEA1BA

tetradic

#BABEA1 #A1BEB4 #A5A1BE #BEA1AC

square

#BABEA1 #A1BEB4 #A5A1BE #BEA1AC

split-complementary

#BABEA1 #A1ACBE #B4A1BE

monochromatic

#81875D #9FA57D #BABEA1 #D5D7C5 #EFF0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BABEA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BABEA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEA1

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEA1	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BB9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.040 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1bc',
    500: '#babea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babea1;
$custom-light: #ced1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.276,
    "s": 18.239,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79053,
    "c": 0.03999,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEA1

secondary

#DAD9E2

accent

#499D54

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEA1

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

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