#BAB255#BAB255

#BAB255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.116 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB255
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 54.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -9.48, 47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 48.78, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0286 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.116 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8109, 42.9370, 14.8885)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB255 #555DBA

analogous

#BA8055 #BAB255 #8FBA55

triadic

#BAB255 #55BAB2 #B255BA

tetradic

#BAB255 #55BA80 #555DBA #BA558F

square

#BAB255 #55BA80 #555DBA #BA558F

split-complementary

#BAB255 #558FBA #8055BA

monochromatic

#6A652B #958E3D #BAB255 #CCC681 #DDD9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BAB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BAB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB255

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB255	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.116 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c888',
    500: '#bab255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab255;
$custom-light: #d1c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.248,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75114,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB255

secondary

#A0A3CB

accent

#60D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB255

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

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