#BABEA3#BABEA3

#BABEA3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.037 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEA3
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 163)
HSL	hsl(69, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(69, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 14.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -6.13, 13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 14.54, 114.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0152 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.037 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2733, 49.9106, 41.8919)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEA3 #A7A3BE

analogous

#BEB5A3 #BABEA3 #ADBEA3

triadic

#BABEA3 #A3BABE #BEA3BA

tetradic

#BABEA3 #A3BEB5 #A7A3BE #BEA3AD

square

#BABEA3 #A3BEB5 #A7A3BE #BEA3AD

split-complementary

#BABEA3 #A3ADBE #B5A3BE

monochromatic

#81875F #9FA57F #BABEA3 #D5D7C7 #F0F1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BABEA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BABEA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEA3

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEA3	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.037 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1be',
    500: '#babea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babea3;
$custom-light: #ced1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.889,
    "s": 17.197,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79102,
    "c": 0.03732,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEA3

secondary

#DCDAE2

accent

#4A9B56

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEA3

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

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