#BAB049#BAB049

#BAB049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.124 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB049
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -9.35, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 53.48, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0296 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.124 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9789, 41.9721, 12.4556)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB049 #4953BA

analogous

#BA7749 #BAB049 #8BBA49

triadic

#BAB049 #49BAB0 #B049BA

tetradic

#BAB049 #49BA77 #4953BA #BA498B

square

#BAB049 #49BA77 #4953BA #BA498B

split-complementary

#BAB049 #498BBA #7749BA

monochromatic

#635E26 #8F8836 #BAB049 #CBC375 #DCD7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BAB049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BAB049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB049

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB049	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)

#BFAA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.124 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c780',
    500: '#bab049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab049;
$custom-light: #d1c780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7455,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB049

secondary

#969BC8

accent

#5FD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB049

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

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