#BABEA4#BABEA4
#BABEA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.036 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BABEA4 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(186, 190, 164) |
| HSL | hsl(69, 17%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(69, 14%, 75%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 13.7%, 25.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.04, -5.97, 12.67) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.04, 14.01, 115.20°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.13% -0.0148 0.0328) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.13% 0.036 114.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.3632, 49.9465, 42.3656) |
| Luminance | 0.4995 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Bland
#AFA88B
ΔE00 7.37
Cement
#A5A391
ΔE00 8.20
Stone (survey)
#ADA587
ΔE00 8.32
Sage Green
#9CAF88
ΔE00 8.34
Greyish
#A8A495
ΔE00 8.85
Greenish Grey
#96AE8D
ΔE00 9.18
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BABEA4 #A8A4BE
analogous
#BEB5A4 #BABEA4 #ADBEA4
triadic
#BABEA4 #A4BABE #BEA4BA
tetradic
#BABEA4 #A4BEB5 #A8A4BE #BEA4AD
square
#BABEA4 #A4BEB5 #A8A4BE #BEA4AD
split-complementary
#BABEA4 #A4ADBE #B5A4BE
monochromatic
#818761 #9FA580 #BABEA4 #D5D8C8 #F0F1EB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.91
#BABEA4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.99
#BABEA4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BABEA4
10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BABEA4 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BABEA4 | 1.00 | 1.91 | 10.99 | 10.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.91 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2BBA3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2BCA5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BDBBB7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #babea4; /* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 164); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.036 114.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ced1bf',
500: '#babea4',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #babea4; $custom-light: #ced1bf; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#babea4",
"rgb": {
"r": 186,
"g": 190,
"b": 164
},
"hsl": {
"h": 69.231,
"s": 16.667,
"l": 69.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79127,
"c": 0.03598,
"h": 114.3
},
"luminance": 0.49946
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BABEA4
secondary
#DCDBE3
accent
#4B9B57
background
#FCFCFB
surface
#F9F9F7
border
#D2D2D0
text
#131412
muted
#828281