#BAB147#BAB147

#BAB147 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.127 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB147
RGB	rgb(186, 177, 71)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 61.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -10.00, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 54.74, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0317 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.127 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1105, 42.3396, 12.1776)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB147 #4750BA

analogous

#BA7747 #BAB147 #8ABA47

triadic

#BAB147 #47BAB1 #B147BA

tetradic

#BAB147 #47BA77 #4750BA #BA478A

square

#BAB147 #47BA77 #4750BA #BA478A

split-complementary

#BAB147 #478ABA #7747BA

monochromatic

#625D25 #8E8735 #BAB147 #CBC474 #DBD7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BAB147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BAB147 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB147

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB147	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 177, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.127 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87f',
    500: '#bab147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab147;
$custom-light: #d2c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.304,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74746,
    "c": 0.127,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB147

secondary

#9599C8

accent

#5DD553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB147

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

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