#BAB657#BAB657

#BAB657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.118 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB657
RGB	rgb(186, 182, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 53.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -11.38, 48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 49.50, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0338 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.118 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6990, 44.5842, 15.5821)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB657 #575BBA

analogous

#BA8457 #BAB657 #8CBA57

triadic

#BAB657 #57BAB6 #B657BA

tetradic

#BAB657 #57BA84 #575BBA #BA578C

square

#BAB657 #57BA84 #575BBA #BA578C

split-complementary

#BAB657 #578CBA #8457BA

monochromatic

#6B682C #96933E #BAB657 #CCC982 #DEDCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BAB657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BAB657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB657

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB657	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 182, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.118 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb89',
    500: '#bab657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab657;
$custom-light: #d1cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.576,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB657

secondary

#A1A3CC

accent

#5BD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB657

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

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