#BAB855#BAB855

#BAB855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.122 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB855
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 54.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -12.58, 49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 51.29, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0375 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.122 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0309, 45.3770, 15.2952)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB855 #5557BA

analogous

#BA8555 #BAB855 #89BA55

triadic

#BAB855 #55BAB8 #B855BA

tetradic

#BAB855 #55BA85 #5557BA #BA5589

square

#BAB855 #55BA85 #5557BA #BA5589

split-complementary

#BAB855 #5589BA #8555BA

monochromatic

#6A682B #95933D #BAB855 #CCCA81 #DDDCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BAB855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BAB855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB855

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB855	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.122 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd88',
    500: '#bab855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab855;
$custom-light: #d1cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.812,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76409,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB855

secondary

#A0A0CB

accent

#58D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB855

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

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