#BAB242#BAB242

#BAB242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.132 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB242
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -10.85, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 57.26, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0347 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.132 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1548, 42.6746, 11.4331)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB242 #424ABA

analogous

#BA7642 #BAB242 #86BA42

triadic

#BAB242 #42BAB2 #B242BA

tetradic

#BAB242 #42BA76 #424ABA #BA4286

square

#BAB242 #42BA76 #424ABA #BA4286

split-complementary

#BAB242 #4286BA #7642BA

monochromatic

#605C22 #8D8732 #BAB242 #CBC56E #DBD79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BAB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BAB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB242

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB242	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)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.132 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87c',
    500: '#bab242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab242;
$custom-light: #d2c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74914,
    "c": 0.13195,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB242

secondary

#9094C8

accent

#5AD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB242

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

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