#BAB950#BAB950

#BAB950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.128 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB950
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 57%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -13.48, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 53.99, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0406 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.128 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0477, 45.7173, 14.3553)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB950 #5051BA

analogous

#BA8450 #BAB950 #86BA50

triadic

#BAB950 #50BAB9 #B950BA

tetradic

#BAB950 #50BA84 #5051BA #BA5086

square

#BAB950 #50BA84 #5051BA #BA5086

split-complementary

#BAB950 #5086BA #8450BA

monochromatic

#676629 #93923A #BAB950 #CBCB7C #DDDCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BAB950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#BAB950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB950

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB950	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.128 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd85',
    500: '#bab950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab950;
$custom-light: #d1cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 43.443,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7657,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB950

secondary

#9C9CCA

accent

#56D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB950

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

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