#BAB557#BAB557

#BAB557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.117 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB557
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 53.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -10.87, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 49.08, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0324 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.117 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4949, 44.1761, 15.5140)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB557 #575CBA

analogous

#BA8357 #BAB557 #8DBA57

triadic

#BAB557 #57BAB5 #B557BA

tetradic

#BAB557 #57BA83 #575CBA #BA578D

square

#BAB557 #57BA83 #575CBA #BA578D

split-complementary

#BAB557 #578DBA #8357BA

monochromatic

#6B682C #96923E #BAB557 #CCC882 #DEDBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BAB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BAB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB557

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB557	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.117 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb89',
    500: '#bab557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab557;
$custom-light: #d1cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.97,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75784,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB557

secondary

#A1A3CC

accent

#5CD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB557

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

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