#BAB252#BAB252

#BAB252 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.118 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB252
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 55.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -9.72, 49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 50.18, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0296 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.118 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6943, 42.8903, 14.2741)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB252 #525ABA

analogous

#BA7E52 #BAB252 #8EBA52

triadic

#BAB252 #52BAB2 #B252BA

tetradic

#BAB252 #52BA7E #525ABA #BA528E

square

#BAB252 #52BA7E #525ABA #BA528E

split-complementary

#BAB252 #528EBA #7E52BA

monochromatic

#68632A #948D3B #BAB252 #CBC57E #DDD9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BAB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BAB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB252

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB252	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.118 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c886',
    500: '#bab252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab252;
$custom-light: #d1c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75078,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB252

secondary

#9DA1CA

accent

#5FD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB252

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

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