#BAB23C#BAB23C

#BAB23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.136 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB23C
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 67.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -11.20, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 59.70, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0363 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.136 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9871, 42.6075, 10.5498)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB23C #3C44BA

analogous

#BA733C #BAB23C #83BA3C

triadic

#BAB23C #3CBAB2 #B23CBA

tetradic

#BAB23C #3CBA73 #3C44BA #BA3C83

square

#BAB23C #3CBA73 #3C44BA #BA3C83

split-complementary

#BAB23C #3C83BA #733CBA

monochromatic

#5D591E #8C862D #BAB23C #CEC766 #DCD894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BAB23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB23C

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB23C	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)

#C1AC2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.136 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c878',
    500: '#bab23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab23c;
$custom-light: #d2c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74863,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB23C

secondary

#8A8EC8

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB23C

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

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