#BAB355#BAB355

#BAB355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.117 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB355
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 54.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -10.00, 48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 49.19, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0301 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.117 105)
XYZ	xyz(38.0106, 43.3364, 14.9551)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB355 #555CBA

analogous

#BA8155 #BAB355 #8EBA55

triadic

#BAB355 #55BAB3 #B355BA

tetradic

#BAB355 #55BA81 #555CBA #BA558E

square

#BAB355 #55BA81 #555CBA #BA558E

split-complementary

#BAB355 #558EBA #8155BA

monochromatic

#6A652B #958F3D #BAB355 #CCC681 #DDDAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAB355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BAB355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB355

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB355	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.117 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c988',
    500: '#bab355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab355;
$custom-light: #d1c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.842,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75329,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.43335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB355

secondary

#A0A3CB

accent

#5ED256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB355

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

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