#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
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 52.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -9.66, 46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 47.29, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0287 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.113 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1740, 43.4017, 15.8158)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##BAB359	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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