#BABEA8#BABEA8

#BABEA8 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.031 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEA8
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 168)
HSL	hsl(71, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(71, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 11.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -5.30, 10.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 11.89, 116.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.0132 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.031 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7301, 50.0933, 44.2980)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEA8 #ACA8BE

analogous

#BEB7A8 #BABEA8 #AFBEA8

triadic

#BABEA8 #A8BABE #BEA8BA

tetradic

#BABEA8 #A8BEB7 #ACA8BE #BEA8AF

square

#BABEA8 #A8BEB7 #ACA8BE #BEA8AF

split-complementary

#BABEA8 #A8AFBE #B7A8BE

monochromatic

#818765 #9EA485 #BABEA8 #D6D8CB #F1F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BABEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BABEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEA8

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEA8	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.031 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1c1',
    500: '#babea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babea8;
$custom-light: #ced1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79228,
    "c": 0.03061,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEA8

secondary

#7D7991

accent

#4D995B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEA8

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

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