#BAB348#BAB348

#BAB348 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.128 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB348
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 61.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -10.97, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 55.08, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0343 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.128 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5408, 43.1484, 12.4806)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB348 #484FBA

analogous

#BA7A48 #BAB348 #88BA48

triadic

#BAB348 #48BAB3 #B348BA

tetradic

#BAB348 #48BA7A #484FBA #BA4888

square

#BAB348 #48BA7A #484FBA #BA4888

split-complementary

#BAB348 #4888BA #7A48BA

monochromatic

#625F25 #8F8936 #BAB348 #CBC574 #DCD8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BAB348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BAB348 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB348

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB348	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.128 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c980',
    500: '#bab348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab348;
$custom-light: #d1c980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75187,
    "c": 0.12815,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB348

secondary

#9699C8

accent

#5BD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB348

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

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