#BAB047#BAB047

#BAB047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.126 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB047
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 71)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 61.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -9.48, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 54.36, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0302 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.126 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9137, 41.9461, 12.1120)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB047 #4751BA

analogous

#BA7747 #BAB047 #8ABA47

triadic

#BAB047 #47BAB0 #B047BA

tetradic

#BAB047 #47BA77 #4751BA #BA478A

square

#BAB047 #47BA77 #4751BA #BA478A

split-complementary

#BAB047 #478ABA #7747BA

monochromatic

#625D25 #8E8735 #BAB047 #CBC374 #DBD6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BAB047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BAB047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB047

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB047	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.126 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c77f',
    500: '#bab047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab047;
$custom-light: #d2c77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7453,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB047

secondary

#9599C8

accent

#5ED553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB047

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

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