#BAAB4B#BAAB4B

#BAAB4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB4B
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 75)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 59.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -6.59, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 50.71, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0215 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0840, 40.0744, 12.4897)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB4B #4B5ABA

analogous

#BA734B #BAAB4B #91BA4B

triadic

#BAAB4B #4BBAAB #AB4BBA

tetradic

#BAAB4B #4BBA73 #4B5ABA #BA4B91

square

#BAAB4B #4BBA73 #4B5ABA #BA4B91

split-complementary

#BAAB4B #4B91BA #734BBA

monochromatic

#645C26 #908437 #BAAB4B #CBC077 #DCD4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BAAB4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BAAB4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB4B

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB4B	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c381',
    500: '#baab4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab4b;
$custom-light: #d1c381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73501,
    "c": 0.11795,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB4B

secondary

#989FC9

accent

#65D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB4B

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

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