#BAB44E#BAB44E

#BAB44E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.124 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB44E
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 58.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -11.06, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 52.82, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0339 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.124 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9473, 43.6329, 13.6293)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB44E #4E54BA

analogous

#BA7E4E #BAB44E #8ABA4E

triadic

#BAB44E #4EBAB4 #B44EBA

tetradic

#BAB44E #4EBA7E #4E54BA #BA4E8A

square

#BAB44E #4EBA7E #4E54BA #BA4E8A

split-complementary

#BAB44E #4E8ABA #7E4EBA

monochromatic

#666228 #928D39 #BAB44E #CBC77A #DCD9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAB44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BAB44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB44E

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB44E	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)

#C2AE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.124 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca83',
    500: '#bab44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab44e;
$custom-light: #d1ca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75465,
    "c": 0.12402,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB44E

secondary

#9A9DCA

accent

#5BD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB44E

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

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