#BAB359#BAB359

#BAB359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.113 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BAB359
RGBrgb(186, 179, 89)
HSLhsl(56, 41%, 54%)
HSVhsv(56, 52%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.8%, 52.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.83, -9.66, 46.29)
CIE-LCHlch(71.83, 47.29, 101.79°)
OKLaboklab(75.38% -0.0287 0.109)
OKLCHoklch(75.38% 0.113 104.8)
XYZxyz(38.1740, 43.4017, 15.8158)
Luminance0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BAB359 #5960BA
analogous
#BA8359 #BAB359 #91BA59
triadic
#BAB359 #59BAB3 #B359BA
tetradic
#BAB359 #59BA83 #5960BA #BA5991
square
#BAB359 #59BA83 #5960BA #BA5991
split-complementary
#BAB359 #5991BA #8359BA
monochromatic
#6C672D #97913F #BAB359 #CCC784 #DEDBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17
#BAB359 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68
#BAB359 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB359
9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BAB359#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BAB3591.002.179.689.68
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6821.001.001.00
##0000009.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0AE51
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B25D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C6A99F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bab359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.113 104.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c98a',
    500: '#bab359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bab359;
$custom-light: #d1c98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bab359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.67,
    "s": 41.277,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75378,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BAB359
secondary
#A3A6CC
accent
#60D157
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FAF8F0
border
#D3D1CB
text
#14130C
muted
#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB359

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

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#BAB359 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva