#BAB44F#BAB44F

#BAB44F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.123 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB44F
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 79)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 57.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -10.99, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 52.37, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0336 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.123 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9834, 43.6473, 13.8196)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB44F #4F55BA

analogous

#BA7F4F #BAB44F #8ABA4F

triadic

#BAB44F #4FBAB4 #B44FBA

tetradic

#BAB44F #4FBA7F #4F55BA #BA4F8A

square

#BAB44F #4FBA7F #4F55BA #BA4F8A

split-complementary

#BAB44F #4F8ABA #7F4FBA

monochromatic

#666328 #928D39 #BAB44F #CBC77B #DCD9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAB44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BAB44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB44F

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB44F	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)

#C2AE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.123 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca84',
    500: '#bab44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab44f;
$custom-light: #d1ca84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.636,
    "s": 43.673,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75476,
    "c": 0.12314,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB44F

secondary

#9B9ECA

accent

#5CD354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB44F

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

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