#BAB947#BAB947

#BAB947 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.135 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB947
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 71)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 61.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -14.12, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 57.91, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0434 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.135 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7372, 45.5931, 12.7198)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB947 #4748BA

analogous

#BA7F47 #BAB947 #82BA47

triadic

#BAB947 #47BAB9 #B947BA

tetradic

#BAB947 #47BA7F #4748BA #BA4782

square

#BAB947 #47BA7F #4748BA #BA4782

split-complementary

#BAB947 #4782BA #7F47BA

monochromatic

#626125 #8E8E35 #BAB947 #CBCA74 #DBDBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BAB947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BAB947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB947

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB947	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.135 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd7f',
    500: '#bab947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab947;
$custom-light: #d2cd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.478,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76479,
    "c": 0.1351,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB947

secondary

#9595C8

accent

#54D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB947

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

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