#BAB148#BAB148

#BAB148 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.126 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB148
RGB	rgb(186, 177, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 61.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -9.94, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 54.30, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0314 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.126 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1429, 42.3526, 12.3480)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB148 #4851BA

analogous

#BA7848 #BAB148 #8ABA48

triadic

#BAB148 #48BAB1 #B148BA

tetradic

#BAB148 #48BA78 #4851BA #BA488A

square

#BAB148 #48BA78 #4851BA #BA488A

split-complementary

#BAB148 #488ABA #7848BA

monochromatic

#625E25 #8F8836 #BAB148 #CBC474 #DCD7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BAB148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BAB148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB148

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB148	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)

#C0AB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 177, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.126 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c87f',
    500: '#bab148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab148;
$custom-light: #d1c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74755,
    "c": 0.12617,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB148

secondary

#969AC8

accent

#5DD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB148

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

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