#BAB44D#BAB44D

#BAB44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.125 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB44D
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 58.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -11.14, 52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 53.27, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0343 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.125 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9117, 43.6187, 13.4419)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB44D #4D53BA

analogous

#BA7E4D #BAB44D #8ABA4D

triadic

#BAB44D #4DBAB4 #B44DBA

tetradic

#BAB44D #4DBA7E #4D53BA #BA4D8A

square

#BAB44D #4DBA7E #4D53BA #BA4D8A

split-complementary

#BAB44D #4D8ABA #7E4DBA

monochromatic

#656227 #918D38 #BAB44D #CBC779 #DCD9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAB44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BAB44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB44D

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB44D	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)

#C2AE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.125 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca83',
    500: '#bab44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab44d;
$custom-light: #d1ca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.697,
    "s": 44.13,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75454,
    "c": 0.1249,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB44D

secondary

#999CC9

accent

#5BD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB44D

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

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