#BAB548#BAB548

#BAB548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.130 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB548
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 61.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -12.01, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 55.87, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0373 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.13 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9445, 43.9559, 12.6152)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB548 #484DBA

analogous

#BA7C48 #BAB548 #86BA48

triadic

#BAB548 #48BAB5 #B548BA

tetradic

#BAB548 #48BA7C #484DBA #BA4886

square

#BAB548 #48BA7C #484DBA #BA4886

split-complementary

#BAB548 #4886BA #7C48BA

monochromatic

#626025 #8F8B36 #BAB548 #CBC774 #DCD9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BAB548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BAB548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB548

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB548	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)

#C3AF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.130 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca80',
    500: '#bab548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab548;
$custom-light: #d1ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.368,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7562,
    "c": 0.13016,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB548

secondary

#9698C8

accent

#59D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB548

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

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