#BAB23D#BAB23D

#BAB23D 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	#BAB23D
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 67.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -11.14, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 59.30, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.036 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.136 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0138, 42.6181, 10.6904)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB23D #3D45BA

analogous

#BA733D #BAB23D #83BA3D

triadic

#BAB23D #3DBAB2 #B23DBA

tetradic

#BAB23D #3DBA73 #3D45BA #BA3D83

square

#BAB23D #3DBA73 #3D45BA #BA3D83

split-complementary

#BAB23D #3D83BA #733DBA

monochromatic

#5E5A1F #8C862E #BAB23D #CDC767 #DCD895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BAB23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB23D

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB23D	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)

#C1AC2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.136 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c879',
    500: '#bab23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab23d;
$custom-light: #d2c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 50.607,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74871,
    "c": 0.13567,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB23D

secondary

#8B8FC8

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB23D

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

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