#BAB366#BAB366

#BAB366 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.099 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB366
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 102)
HSL	hsl(55, 38%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 45.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -8.44, 40.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 40.92, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0239 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.099 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7689, 43.6397, 18.9489)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB366 #666DBA

analogous

#BA8966 #BAB366 #97BA66

triadic

#BAB366 #66BAB3 #B366BA

tetradic

#BAB366 #66BA89 #666DBA #BA6697

square

#BAB366 #66BA89 #666DBA #BA6697

split-complementary

#BAB366 #6697BA #8966BA

monochromatic

#726D33 #9C9546 #BAB366 #CDC890 #E0DDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAB366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BAB366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB366

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB366	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAE60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.099 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c993',
    500: '#bab366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab366;
$custom-light: #d0c993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 37.838,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75557,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB366

secondary

#ADB0CF

accent

#64CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB366

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

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