#BAB951#BAB951

#BAB951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.127 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB951
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 56.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -13.41, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 53.54, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0403 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.127 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0850, 45.7322, 14.5513)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB951 #5152BA

analogous

#BA8551 #BAB951 #86BA51

triadic

#BAB951 #51BAB9 #B951BA

tetradic

#BAB951 #51BA85 #5152BA #BA5186

square

#BAB951 #51BA85 #5152BA #BA5186

split-complementary

#BAB951 #5186BA #8551BA

monochromatic

#686729 #93933A #BAB951 #CBCB7D #DDDCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BAB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BAB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB951

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB951	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.127 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd85',
    500: '#bab951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab951;
$custom-light: #d1cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.429,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7658,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB951

secondary

#9D9DCA

accent

#56D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB951

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

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