#BAB258#BAB258

#BAB258 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.113 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB258
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 88)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 52.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -9.23, 46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 47.35, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0276 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.113 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9326, 42.9857, 15.5295)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB258 #5860BA

analogous

#BA8158 #BAB258 #91BA58

triadic

#BAB258 #58BAB2 #B258BA

tetradic

#BAB258 #58BA81 #5860BA #BA5891

square

#BAB258 #58BA81 #5860BA #BA5891

split-complementary

#BAB258 #5891BA #8158BA

monochromatic

#6B662C #978F3E #BAB258 #CCC683 #DEDAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BAB258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BAB258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB258

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB258	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.113 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c88a',
    500: '#bab258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab258;
$custom-light: #d1c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 41.525,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75151,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB258

secondary

#A2A5CC

accent

#60D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB258

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

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