#BAB23A#BAB23A

#BAB23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.138 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB23A
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 68.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -11.31, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 60.48, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0368 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.138 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9353, 42.5867, 10.2766)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB23A #3A42BA

analogous

#BA723A #BAB23A #82BA3A

triadic

#BAB23A #3ABAB2 #B23ABA

tetradic

#BAB23A #3ABA72 #3A42BA #BA3A82

square

#BAB23A #3ABA72 #3A42BA #BA3A82

split-complementary

#BAB23A #3A82BA #723ABA

monochromatic

#5D591D #8B852B #BAB23A #CEC863 #DDD892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BAB23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB23A

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB23A	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.138 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c877',
    500: '#bab23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab23a;
$custom-light: #d2c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74847,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB23A

secondary

#888CC8

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB23A

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

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