#BABEAD#BABEAD

#BABEAD is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.024 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEAD
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 173)
HSL	hsl(74, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(74, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, -4.45, 8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 9.25, 118.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0111 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.024 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2049, 50.2832, 46.7985)
Luminance	0.5028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEAD #B1ADBE

analogous

#BEB9AD #BABEAD #B1BEAD

triadic

#BABEAD #ADBABE #BEADBA

tetradic

#BABEAD #ADBEB9 #B1ADBE #BEADB1

square

#BABEAD #ADBEB9 #B1ADBE #BEADB1

split-complementary

#BABEAD #ADB1BE #B9ADBE

monochromatic

#80866A #9DA38B #BABEAD #D7D9CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BABEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BABEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEAD

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEAD	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.024 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1c5',
    500: '#babead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babead;
$custom-light: #ced1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.118,
    "s": 11.565,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79358,
    "c": 0.02389,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEAD

secondary

#827E91

accent

#509660

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEAD

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

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