#BAB241#BAB241

#BAB241 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; 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	#BAB241
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 65.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -10.91, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 57.67, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0349 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.133 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1256, 42.6629, 11.2791)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB241 #4149BA

analogous

#BA7641 #BAB241 #86BA41

triadic

#BAB241 #41BAB2 #B241BA

tetradic

#BAB241 #41BA76 #4149BA #BA4186

square

#BAB241 #41BA76 #4149BA #BA4186

split-complementary

#BAB241 #4186BA #7641BA

monochromatic

#5F5B21 #8D8731 #BAB241 #CCC56C #DCD79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BAB241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BAB241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB241

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB241	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)

#C1AC32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.133 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87b',
    500: '#bab241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab241;
$custom-light: #d2c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74905,
    "c": 0.13272,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB241

secondary

#8F93C8

accent

#59D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB241

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

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