#BAB141#BAB141

#BAB141 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.132 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB141
RGB	rgb(186, 177, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 65.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -10.39, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 57.30, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0335 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.132 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9274, 42.2664, 11.2131)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB141 #414ABA

analogous

#BA7541 #BAB141 #87BA41

triadic

#BAB141 #41BAB1 #B141BA

tetradic

#BAB141 #41BA75 #414ABA #BA4187

square

#BAB141 #41BA75 #414ABA #BA4187

split-complementary

#BAB141 #4187BA #7541BA

monochromatic

#5F5B21 #8D8631 #BAB141 #CCC56C #DCD79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BAB141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BAB141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB141

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB141	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 177, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.132 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87b',
    500: '#bab141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab141;
$custom-light: #d2c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74689,
    "c": 0.13176,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB141

secondary

#8F93C8

accent

#5AD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB141

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

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