#BAB040#BAB040

#BAB040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.132 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB040
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -9.93, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 57.34, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0323 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.132 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7019, 41.8613, 10.9963)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB040 #404ABA

analogous

#BA7340 #BAB040 #87BA40

triadic

#BAB040 #40BAB0 #B040BA

tetradic

#BAB040 #40BA73 #404ABA #BA4087

square

#BAB040 #40BA73 #404ABA #BA4087

split-complementary

#BAB040 #4087BA #7340BA

monochromatic

#5F5A21 #8C8530 #BAB040 #CCC46B #DCD699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BAB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BAB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB040

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB040	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)

#BFAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.132 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c77b',
    500: '#bab040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab040;
$custom-light: #d2c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74465,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB040

secondary

#8E93C8

accent

#5BD84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB040

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

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