#BAB042#BAB042

#BAB042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.130 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB042
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -9.81, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 56.51, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0317 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.13 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7598, 41.8845, 11.3014)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB042 #424CBA

analogous

#BA7442 #BAB042 #88BA42

triadic

#BAB042 #42BAB0 #B042BA

tetradic

#BAB042 #42BA74 #424CBA #BA4288

square

#BAB042 #42BA74 #424CBA #BA4288

split-complementary

#BAB042 #4288BA #7442BA

monochromatic

#605B22 #8D8532 #BAB042 #CBC46E #DBD69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BAB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BAB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB042

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB042	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.130 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c77c',
    500: '#bab042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab042;
$custom-light: #d2c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74483,
    "c": 0.13004,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB042

secondary

#9095C8

accent

#5CD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB042

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

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