#BAB558#BAB558

#BAB558 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.116 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB558
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 88)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 52.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -10.78, 47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 48.61, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.032 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.116 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5361, 44.1926, 15.7307)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB558 #585DBA

analogous

#BA8458 #BAB558 #8EBA58

triadic

#BAB558 #58BAB5 #B558BA

tetradic

#BAB558 #58BA84 #585DBA #BA588E

square

#BAB558 #58BA84 #585DBA #BA588E

split-complementary

#BAB558 #588EBA #8458BA

monochromatic

#6B682C #97923E #BAB558 #CCC883 #DEDBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BAB558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BAB558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB558

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB558	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.116 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb8a',
    500: '#bab558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab558;
$custom-light: #d1cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.939,
    "s": 41.525,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75796,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB558

secondary

#A2A4CC

accent

#5DD156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB558

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

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