#BAB048#BAB048

#BAB048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.125 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB048
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 61.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -9.42, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 53.92, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0299 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.125 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9461, 41.9590, 12.2824)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB048 #4852BA

analogous

#BA7748 #BAB048 #8BBA48

triadic

#BAB048 #48BAB0 #B048BA

tetradic

#BAB048 #48BA77 #4852BA #BA488B

square

#BAB048 #48BA77 #4852BA #BA488B

split-complementary

#BAB048 #488BBA #7748BA

monochromatic

#625D25 #8F8736 #BAB048 #CBC374 #DCD6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BAB048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BAB048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB048

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB048	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)

#BFAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.125 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c77f',
    500: '#bab048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab048;
$custom-light: #d1c77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7454,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB048

secondary

#969AC8

accent

#5ED553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB048

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

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