#BAB245#BAB245

#BAB245 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.130 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB245
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 62.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -10.66, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 55.99, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0338 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.13 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2456, 42.7109, 11.9112)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB245 #454DBA

analogous

#BA7745 #BAB245 #88BA45

triadic

#BAB245 #45BAB2 #B245BA

tetradic

#BAB245 #45BA77 #454DBA #BA4588

square

#BAB245 #45BA77 #454DBA #BA4588

split-complementary

#BAB245 #4588BA #7745BA

monochromatic

#615D24 #8D8734 #BAB245 #CBC472 #DBD79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BAB245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BAB245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB245

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB245	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.130 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87e',
    500: '#bab245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab245;
$custom-light: #d2c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.897,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74942,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB245

secondary

#9397C8

accent

#5BD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB245

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

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