#BAB449#BAB449

#BAB449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.128 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB449
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -11.42, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 55.04, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0355 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.128 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7748, 43.5639, 12.7209)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB449 #494FBA

analogous

#BA7B49 #BAB449 #87BA49

triadic

#BAB449 #49BAB4 #B449BA

tetradic

#BAB449 #49BA7B #494FBA #BA4987

square

#BAB449 #49BA7B #494FBA #BA4987

split-complementary

#BAB449 #4987BA #7B49BA

monochromatic

#636026 #8F8B36 #BAB449 #CBC675 #DCD9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAB449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BAB449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB449

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB449	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.128 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca80',
    500: '#bab449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab449;
$custom-light: #d1ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.814,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75413,
    "c": 0.12832,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB449

secondary

#9699C8

accent

#5AD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB449

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

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