#BAB14A#BAB14A

#BAB14A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.124 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB14A
RGB	rgb(186, 177, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 60.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -9.80, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 53.42, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0308 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.124 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2092, 42.3791, 12.6972)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB14A #4A53BA

analogous

#BA794A #BAB14A #8BBA4A

triadic

#BAB14A #4ABAB1 #B14ABA

tetradic

#BAB14A #4ABA79 #4A53BA #BA4A8B

square

#BAB14A #4ABA79 #4A53BA #BA4A8B

split-complementary

#BAB14A #4A8BBA #794ABA

monochromatic

#645F26 #908937 #BAB14A #CBC476 #DCD7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BAB14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BAB14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB14A

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB14A	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 177, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.124 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c881',
    500: '#bab14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab14a;
$custom-light: #d1c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74776,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB14A

secondary

#979BC9

accent

#5ED553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB14A

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

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