#BAB050#BAB050

#BAB050 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.118 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB050
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 80)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 57%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -8.83, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 50.31, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0273 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.118 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2242, 42.0703, 13.7474)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB050 #505ABA

analogous

#BA7B50 #BAB050 #8FBA50

triadic

#BAB050 #50BAB0 #B050BA

tetradic

#BAB050 #50BA7B #505ABA #BA508F

square

#BAB050 #50BA7B #505ABA #BA508F

split-complementary

#BAB050 #508FBA #7B50BA

monochromatic

#676129 #938A3A #BAB050 #CBC47C #DDD8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BAB050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BAB050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB050

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB050	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.118 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c784',
    500: '#bab050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab050;
$custom-light: #d1c784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 43.443,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74626,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB050

secondary

#9CA0CA

accent

#61D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB050

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

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