#BAB221#BAB221

#BAB221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.151 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB221
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 82.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -12.35, 67.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 68.65, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.042 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.151 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4462, 42.3911, 7.7010)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB221 #2129BA

analogous

#BA6621 #BAB221 #75BA21

triadic

#BAB221 #21BAB2 #B221BA

tetradic

#BAB221 #21BA66 #2129BA #BA2175

square

#BAB221 #21BA66 #2129BA #BA2175

split-complementary

#BAB221 #2175BA #6621BA

monochromatic

#524F0F #868018 #BAB221 #DCD43C #E6DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BAB221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BAB221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB221

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB221	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B12F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.151 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c86c',
    500: '#bab221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab221;
$custom-light: #d3c86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.863,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74698,
    "c": 0.15138,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB221

secondary

#6B70CC

accent

#44ED3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB221

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

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