#BAB246#BAB246

#BAB246 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.129 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB246
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 62.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -10.59, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 55.56, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0335 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.129 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2769, 42.7234, 12.0760)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB246 #464EBA

analogous

#BA7846 #BAB246 #88BA46

triadic

#BAB246 #46BAB2 #B246BA

tetradic

#BAB246 #46BA78 #464EBA #BA4688

square

#BAB246 #46BA78 #464EBA #BA4688

split-complementary

#BAB246 #4688BA #7846BA

monochromatic

#615D24 #8E8835 #BAB246 #CBC573 #DBD79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BAB246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BAB246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB246

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB246	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)

#C1AC39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.129 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87e',
    500: '#bab246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab246;
$custom-light: #d2c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74952,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB246

secondary

#9498C8

accent

#5BD552

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB246

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

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