#BAB03E#BAB03E

#BAB03E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.133 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB03E
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 66.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -10.05, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 58.16, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0328 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.133 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6460, 41.8390, 10.7019)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB03E #3E48BA

analogous

#BA723E #BAB03E #86BA3E

triadic

#BAB03E #3EBAB0 #B03EBA

tetradic

#BAB03E #3EBA72 #3E48BA #BA3E86

square

#BAB03E #3EBA72 #3E48BA #BA3E86

split-complementary

#BAB03E #3E86BA #723EBA

monochromatic

#5E591F #8C852F #BAB03E #CDC568 #DCD696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BAB03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BAB03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB03E

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB03E	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.133 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c779',
    500: '#bab03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab03e;
$custom-light: #d2c779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74448,
    "c": 0.13306,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB03E

secondary

#8C91C8

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB03E

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

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