#BAB240#BAB240

#BAB240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.133 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB240
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -10.97, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 58.09, 100.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0352 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.133 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0969, 42.6514, 11.1279)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB240 #4048BA

analogous

#BA7540 #BAB240 #85BA40

triadic

#BAB240 #40BAB2 #B240BA

tetradic

#BAB240 #40BA75 #4048BA #BA4085

square

#BAB240 #40BA75 #4048BA #BA4085

split-complementary

#BAB240 #4085BA #7540BA

monochromatic

#5F5B21 #8C8630 #BAB240 #CCC66B #DCD799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BAB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BAB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB240

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB240	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)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.133 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87b',
    500: '#bab240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab240;
$custom-light: #d2c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74897,
    "c": 0.13347,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB240

secondary

#8E92C8

accent

#58D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB240

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

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