#BAB150#BAB150

#BAB150 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.119 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB150
RGB	rgb(186, 177, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 57%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -9.35, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 50.70, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0288 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.119 104)
XYZ	xyz(37.4210, 42.4638, 13.8130)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB150 #5059BA

analogous

#BA7C50 #BAB150 #8EBA50

triadic

#BAB150 #50BAB1 #B150BA

tetradic

#BAB150 #50BA7C #5059BA #BA508E

square

#BAB150 #50BA7C #5059BA #BA508E

split-complementary

#BAB150 #508EBA #7C50BA

monochromatic

#676229 #938B3A #BAB150 #CBC57C #DDD8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BAB150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB150

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB150	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 177, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.119 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c884',
    500: '#bab150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab150;
$custom-light: #d1c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.906,
    "s": 43.443,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74841,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.42463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB150

secondary

#9CA0CA

accent

#5FD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB150

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

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