#BAB552#BAB552

#BAB552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.121 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB552
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 82)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 55.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -11.27, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 51.41, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0341 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.121 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2977, 44.0972, 14.4752)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB552 #5257BA

analogous

#BA8152 #BAB552 #8BBA52

triadic

#BAB552 #52BAB5 #B552BA

tetradic

#BAB552 #52BA81 #5257BA #BA528B

square

#BAB552 #52BA81 #5257BA #BA528B

split-complementary

#BAB552 #528BBA #8152BA

monochromatic

#68652A #94903B #BAB552 #CBC87E #DDDAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BAB552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BAB552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB552

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB552	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.121 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb86',
    500: '#bab552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab552;
$custom-light: #d1cb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.115,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75725,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB552

secondary

#9D9FCA

accent

#5BD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB552

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

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