#BAB254#BAB254

#BAB254 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.116 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB254
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 84)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 54.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -9.56, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 49.25, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.029 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.116 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7715, 42.9212, 14.6808)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB254 #545CBA

analogous

#BA7F54 #BAB254 #8FBA54

triadic

#BAB254 #54BAB2 #B254BA

tetradic

#BAB254 #54BA7F #545CBA #BA548F

square

#BAB254 #54BA7F #545CBA #BA548F

split-complementary

#BAB254 #548FBA #7F54BA

monochromatic

#69642A #958E3C #BAB254 #CCC680 #DDD9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BAB254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BAB254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB254

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB254	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)

#C0AC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.116 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c887',
    500: '#bab254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab254;
$custom-light: #d1c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 42.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75102,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB254

secondary

#9FA2CB

accent

#5FD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB254

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

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