#BAB345#BAB345

#BAB345 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.131 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB345
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 62.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -11.17, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 56.37, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0353 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.131 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4453, 43.1102, 11.9777)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB345 #454CBA

analogous

#BA7845 #BAB345 #87BA45

triadic

#BAB345 #45BAB3 #B345BA

tetradic

#BAB345 #45BA78 #454CBA #BA4587

square

#BAB345 #45BA78 #454CBA #BA4587

split-complementary

#BAB345 #4587BA #7845BA

monochromatic

#615D24 #8D8834 #BAB345 #CBC572 #DBD79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BAB345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BAB345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB345

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB345	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.131 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c97e',
    500: '#bab345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab345;
$custom-light: #d2c97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.41,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75158,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB345

secondary

#9396C8

accent

#5AD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB345

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

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