#BAB149#BAB149

#BAB149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.125 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB149
RGB	rgb(186, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -9.87, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 53.86, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0311 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.125 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1757, 42.3657, 12.5212)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB149 #4952BA

analogous

#BA7849 #BAB149 #8ABA49

triadic

#BAB149 #49BAB1 #B149BA

tetradic

#BAB149 #49BA78 #4952BA #BA498A

square

#BAB149 #49BA78 #4952BA #BA498A

split-complementary

#BAB149 #498ABA #7849BA

monochromatic

#635E26 #8F8836 #BAB149 #CBC475 #DCD7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BAB149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BAB149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB149

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB149	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)

#BFAB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.125 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c880',
    500: '#bab149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab149;
$custom-light: #d1c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.221,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74766,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB149

secondary

#969AC8

accent

#5DD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB149

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

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