#BAB227#BAB227

#BAB227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.149 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB227
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 79%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -12.15, 65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 66.99, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.041 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.149 106)
XYZ	xyz(36.5379, 42.4278, 8.1838)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB227 #272FBA

analogous

#BA6927 #BAB227 #79BA27

triadic

#BAB227 #27BAB2 #B227BA

tetradic

#BAB227 #27BA69 #272FBA #BA2779

square

#BAB227 #27BA69 #272FBA #BA2779

split-complementary

#BAB227 #2779BA #6927BA

monochromatic

#555112 #87821C #BAB227 #D8D046 #E3DD79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BAB227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB227

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB227	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.149 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c86e',
    500: '#bab227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab227;
$custom-light: #d3c86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.735,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74726,
    "c": 0.14876,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.42426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB227

secondary

#7277CB

accent

#49E840

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB227

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

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