#BAB23F#BAB23F

#BAB23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.134 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB23F
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 63)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 66.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -11.03, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 58.49, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0355 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.134 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0687, 42.6401, 10.9794)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB23F #3F47BA

analogous

#BA753F #BAB23F #85BA3F

triadic

#BAB23F #3FBAB2 #B23FBA

tetradic

#BAB23F #3FBA75 #3F47BA #BA3F85

square

#BAB23F #3FBA75 #3F47BA #BA3F85

split-complementary

#BAB23F #3F85BA #753FBA

monochromatic

#5F5B20 #8C8630 #BAB23F #CCC66A #DCD797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BAB23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BAB23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB23F

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB23F	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)

#C1AC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.134 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87a',
    500: '#bab23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab23f;
$custom-light: #d2c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 49.398,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74888,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB23F

secondary

#8D91C8

accent

#58D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB23F

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

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