#BAB451#BAB451

#BAB451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.121 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB451
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 56.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -10.83, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 51.45, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0329 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.121 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0573, 43.6769, 14.2087)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB451 #5157BA

analogous

#BA7F51 #BAB451 #8CBA51

triadic

#BAB451 #51BAB4 #B451BA

tetradic

#BAB451 #51BA7F #5157BA #BA518C

square

#BAB451 #51BA7F #5157BA #BA518C

split-complementary

#BAB451 #518CBA #7F51BA

monochromatic

#686429 #938E3A #BAB451 #CBC77D #DDDAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BAB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB451

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB451	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.121 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca85',
    500: '#bab451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab451;
$custom-light: #d1ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75498,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB451

secondary

#9D9FCA

accent

#5CD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB451

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

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