#BAB142#BAB142

#BAB142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB142
RGB	rgb(186, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -10.33, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 56.88, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0332 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.131 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9566, 42.2781, 11.3670)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB142 #424BBA

analogous

#BA7542 #BAB142 #87BA42

triadic

#BAB142 #42BAB1 #B142BA

tetradic

#BAB142 #42BA75 #424BBA #BA4287

square

#BAB142 #42BA75 #424BBA #BA4287

split-complementary

#BAB142 #4287BA #7542BA

monochromatic

#605B22 #8D8632 #BAB142 #CBC46E #DBD79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BAB142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BAB142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB142

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB142	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87c',
    500: '#bab142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab142;
$custom-light: #d2c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74698,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB142

secondary

#9094C8

accent

#5BD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB142

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

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