#BAB44A#BAB44A

#BAB44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.127 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB44A
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 60.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -11.35, 53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 54.60, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0352 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.127 106)
XYZ	xyz(37.8082, 43.5773, 12.8969)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB44A #4A50BA

analogous

#BA7C4A #BAB44A #88BA4A

triadic

#BAB44A #4ABAB4 #B44ABA

tetradic

#BAB44A #4ABA7C #4A50BA #BA4A88

square

#BAB44A #4ABA7C #4A50BA #BA4A88

split-complementary

#BAB44A #4A88BA #7C4ABA

monochromatic

#646026 #908B37 #BAB44A #CBC676 #DCD9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAB44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BAB44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB44A

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB44A	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.127 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca81',
    500: '#bab44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab44a;
$custom-light: #d1ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.786,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75423,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.43576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB44A

secondary

#979AC9

accent

#5AD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB44A

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

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