#BABEAE#BABEAE

#BABEAE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.023 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEAE
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 174)
HSL	hsl(75, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(75, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -4.28, 7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 8.72, 119.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0107 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.023 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3020, 50.3221, 47.3100)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEAE #B2AEBE

analogous

#BEBAAE #BABEAE #B2BEAE

triadic

#BABEAE #AEBABE #BEAEBA

tetradic

#BABEAE #AEBEBA #B2AEBE #BEAEB2

square

#BABEAE #AEBEBA #B2AEBE #BEAEB2

split-complementary

#BABEAE #AEB2BE #BAAEBE

monochromatic

#7F866C #9DA38C #BABEAE #D7D9D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BABEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BABEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEAE

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEAE	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)

#C0BCAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.023 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1c6',
    500: '#babeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babeae;
$custom-light: #ced1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 10.959,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79384,
    "c": 0.02254,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEAE

secondary

#847F91

accent

#509562

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEAE

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

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