#BAB04B#BAB04B

#BAB04B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.123 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB04B
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 59.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -9.21, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 52.59, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.029 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.123 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0463, 41.9991, 12.8104)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB04B #4B55BA

analogous

#BA784B #BAB04B #8CBA4B

triadic

#BAB04B #4BBAB0 #B04BBA

tetradic

#BAB04B #4BBA78 #4B55BA #BA4B8C

square

#BAB04B #4BBA78 #4B55BA #BA4B8C

split-complementary

#BAB04B #4B8CBA #784BBA

monochromatic

#645F26 #908837 #BAB04B #CBC377 #DCD7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BAB04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BAB04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB04B

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB04B	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.123 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c781',
    500: '#bab04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab04b;
$custom-light: #d1c781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.595,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74571,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB04B

secondary

#989CC9

accent

#5FD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB04B

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

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