#BAB462#BAB462

#BAB462 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.105 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB462
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 47.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -9.36, 42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 43.34, 102.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0269 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.105 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7765, 43.9646, 17.9963)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB462 #6268BA

analogous

#BA8862 #BAB462 #94BA62

triadic

#BAB462 #62BAB4 #B462BA

tetradic

#BAB462 #62BA88 #6268BA #BA6294

square

#BAB462 #62BA88 #6268BA #BA6294

split-complementary

#BAB462 #6294BA #8862BA

monochromatic

#706C31 #9B9544 #BAB462 #CDC88D #DFDDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BAB462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BAB462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB462

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB462	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AF5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.105 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca90',
    500: '#bab462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab462;
$custom-light: #d0ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 38.938,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75713,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB462

secondary

#AAACCE

accent

#61CF59

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB462

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

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