#BAB455#BAB455

#BAB455 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.118 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB455
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 54.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -10.52, 48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 49.60, 102.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0316 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.118 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2118, 43.7387, 15.0221)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB455 #555BBA

analogous

#BA8155 #BAB455 #8DBA55

triadic

#BAB455 #55BAB4 #B455BA

tetradic

#BAB455 #55BA81 #555BBA #BA558D

square

#BAB455 #55BA81 #555BBA #BA558D

split-complementary

#BAB455 #558DBA #8155BA

monochromatic

#6A662B #95903D #BAB455 #CCC781 #DDDAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BAB455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BAB455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB455

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB455	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.118 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca88',
    500: '#bab455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab455;
$custom-light: #d1ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.436,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75544,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB455

secondary

#A0A2CB

accent

#5DD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB455

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

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