#BAB243#BAB243

#BAB243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.131 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB243
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 64%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -10.78, 55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 56.84, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0344 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.131 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1846, 42.6865, 11.5897)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB243 #434BBA

analogous

#BA7643 #BAB243 #87BA43

triadic

#BAB243 #43BAB2 #B243BA

tetradic

#BAB243 #43BA76 #434BBA #BA4387

square

#BAB243 #43BA76 #434BBA #BA4387

split-complementary

#BAB243 #4387BA #7643BA

monochromatic

#605C23 #8D8733 #BAB243 #CBC56F #DBD79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BAB243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BAB243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB243

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB243	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.131 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87c',
    500: '#bab243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab243;
$custom-light: #d2c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.966,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74923,
    "c": 0.13118,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB243

secondary

#9195C8

accent

#5AD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB243

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

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