#BABEAB#BABEAB

#BABEAB is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.027 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEAB
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 171)
HSL	hsl(73, 13%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(73, 10%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 10%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -4.80, 9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 10.30, 117.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0119 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.027 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0128, 50.2064, 45.7869)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEAB #AFABBE

analogous

#BEB8AB #BABEAB #B0BEAB

triadic

#BABEAB #ABBABE #BEABBA

tetradic

#BABEAB #ABBEB8 #AFABBE #BEABB0

square

#BABEAB #ABBEB8 #AFABBE #BEABB0

split-complementary

#BABEAB #ABB0BE #B8ABBE

monochromatic

#808768 #9EA388 #BABEAB #D6D9CE #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BABEAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BABEAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEAB

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEAB	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babeab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.027 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1c4',
    500: '#babeab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babeab;
$custom-light: #ced1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babeab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.632,
    "s": 12.752,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79305,
    "c": 0.02658,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEAB

secondary

#807C91

accent

#4F975E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEAB

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

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