#BAB23E#BAB23E

#BAB23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.135 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB23E
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 66.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -11.09, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 58.90, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0358 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.135 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0410, 42.6290, 10.8336)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB23E #3E46BA

analogous

#BA743E #BAB23E #84BA3E

triadic

#BAB23E #3EBAB2 #B23EBA

tetradic

#BAB23E #3EBA74 #3E46BA #BA3E84

square

#BAB23E #3EBA74 #3E46BA #BA3E84

split-complementary

#BAB23E #3E84BA #743EBA

monochromatic

#5E5A1F #8C862F #BAB23E #CDC668 #DCD896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BAB23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BAB23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB23E

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB23E	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.135 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87a',
    500: '#bab23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab23e;
$custom-light: #d2c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7488,
    "c": 0.13495,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB23E

secondary

#8C90C8

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB23E

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

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