#BAB155#BAB155

#BAB155 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.115 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB155
RGB	rgb(186, 177, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 54.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -8.96, 47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 48.37, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0271 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.115 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6127, 42.5405, 14.8224)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB155 #555EBA

analogous

#BA7E55 #BAB155 #91BA55

triadic

#BAB155 #55BAB1 #B155BA

tetradic

#BAB155 #55BA7E #555EBA #BA5591

square

#BAB155 #55BA7E #555EBA #BA5591

split-complementary

#BAB155 #5591BA #7E55BA

monochromatic

#6A642B #958D3D #BAB155 #CCC581 #DDD9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BAB155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB155

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB155	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 177, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.115 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c888',
    500: '#bab155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab155;
$custom-light: #d1c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.653,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74899,
    "c": 0.11453,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB155

secondary

#A0A4CB

accent

#61D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB155

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

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