#BAB545#BAB545

#BAB545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.133 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB545
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 62.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -12.20, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 57.15, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0382 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.133 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8490, 43.9177, 12.1123)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB545 #454ABA

analogous

#BA7B45 #BAB545 #84BA45

triadic

#BAB545 #45BAB5 #B545BA

tetradic

#BAB545 #45BA7B #454ABA #BA4584

square

#BAB545 #45BA7B #454ABA #BA4584

split-complementary

#BAB545 #4584BA #7B45BA

monochromatic

#615E24 #8D8A34 #BAB545 #CBC772 #DBD99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BAB545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BAB545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB545

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB545	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.133 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca7e',
    500: '#bab545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab545;
$custom-light: #d2ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.436,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75591,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB545

secondary

#9395C8

accent

#58D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB545

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

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