#BAB249#BAB249

#BAB249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.126 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB249
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -10.39, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 54.25, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0326 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.126 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3740, 42.7622, 12.5873)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB249 #4951BA

analogous

#BA7949 #BAB249 #89BA49

triadic

#BAB249 #49BAB2 #B249BA

tetradic

#BAB249 #49BA79 #4951BA #BA4989

square

#BAB249 #49BA79 #4951BA #BA4989

split-complementary

#BAB249 #4989BA #7949BA

monochromatic

#635F26 #8F8936 #BAB249 #CBC575 #DCD8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BAB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BAB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB249

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB249	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.126 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c880',
    500: '#bab249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab249;
$custom-light: #d1c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.752,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74981,
    "c": 0.12632,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB249

secondary

#969AC8

accent

#5CD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB249

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

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