#BAB152#BAB152

#BAB152 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.117 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB152
RGB	rgb(186, 177, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 55.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -9.20, 48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 49.78, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0282 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.117 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4960, 42.4938, 14.2080)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB152 #525BBA

analogous

#BA7D52 #BAB152 #8FBA52

triadic

#BAB152 #52BAB1 #B152BA

tetradic

#BAB152 #52BA7D #525BBA #BA528F

square

#BAB152 #52BA7D #525BBA #BA528F

split-complementary

#BAB152 #528FBA #7D52BA

monochromatic

#68632A #948C3B #BAB152 #CBC57E #DDD8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BAB152 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB152

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB152	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)

#BFAC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 177, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.117 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c886',
    500: '#bab152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab152;
$custom-light: #d1c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.808,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74864,
    "c": 0.11736,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB152

secondary

#9DA1CA

accent

#60D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB152

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

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