#BAB346#BAB346

#BAB346 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.130 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB346
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 62.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -11.11, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 55.95, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.035 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.13 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4766, 43.1228, 12.1426)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB346 #464DBA

analogous

#BA7946 #BAB346 #87BA46

triadic

#BAB346 #46BAB3 #B346BA

tetradic

#BAB346 #46BA79 #464DBA #BA4687

square

#BAB346 #46BA79 #464DBA #BA4687

split-complementary

#BAB346 #4687BA #7946BA

monochromatic

#615E24 #8E8935 #BAB346 #CBC573 #DBD89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BAB346 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BAB346 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB346

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB346	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB346	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)

#C2AD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab346;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.130 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c97e',
    500: '#bab346',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab346;
$custom-light: #d2c97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab346",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.379,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75167,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB346

secondary

#9497C8

accent

#5AD552

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB346

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

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