#BAB151#BAB151

#BAB151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.118 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB151
RGB	rgb(186, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 56.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -9.28, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 50.24, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0285 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.118 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4582, 42.4787, 14.0091)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB151 #515ABA

analogous

#BA7C51 #BAB151 #8FBA51

triadic

#BAB151 #51BAB1 #B151BA

tetradic

#BAB151 #51BA7C #515ABA #BA518F

square

#BAB151 #51BA7C #515ABA #BA518F

split-complementary

#BAB151 #518FBA #7C51BA

monochromatic

#686229 #938C3A #BAB151 #CBC57D #DDD8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BAB151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB151

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB151	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.118 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c885',
    500: '#bab151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab151;
$custom-light: #d1c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74852,
    "c": 0.11828,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB151

secondary

#9DA0CA

accent

#60D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB151

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

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