#BAB041#BAB041

#BAB041 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.131 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB041
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 65.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -9.87, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 56.93, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.032 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.131 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7306, 41.8728, 11.1475)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB041 #414BBA

analogous

#BA7441 #BAB041 #88BA41

triadic

#BAB041 #41BAB0 #B041BA

tetradic

#BAB041 #41BA74 #414BBA #BA4188

square

#BAB041 #41BA74 #414BBA #BA4188

split-complementary

#BAB041 #4188BA #7441BA

monochromatic

#5F5A21 #8D8531 #BAB041 #CCC46C #DCD69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BAB041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BAB041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB041

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB041	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)

#BFAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.131 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c77b',
    500: '#bab041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab041;
$custom-light: #d2c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.041,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74474,
    "c": 0.13082,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB041

secondary

#8F94C8

accent

#5BD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB041

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

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