#BAB043#BAB043

#BAB043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.129 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB043
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 67)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 64%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -9.75, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 56.08, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0314 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.129 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7895, 41.8964, 11.4580)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB043 #434DBA

analogous

#BA7543 #BAB043 #89BA43

triadic

#BAB043 #43BAB0 #B043BA

tetradic

#BAB043 #43BA75 #434DBA #BA4389

square

#BAB043 #43BA75 #434DBA #BA4389

split-complementary

#BAB043 #4389BA #7543BA

monochromatic

#605B23 #8D8533 #BAB043 #CBC36F #DBD69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BAB043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BAB043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB043

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB043	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)

#BFAA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.129 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c77c',
    500: '#bab043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab043;
$custom-light: #d2c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.958,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74492,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB043

secondary

#9196C8

accent

#5CD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB043

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

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