#BAB323#BAB323

#BAB323 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.151 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB323
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 81.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -12.80, 67.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 68.45, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0431 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.151 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6748, 42.8020, 7.9196)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB323 #232ABA

analogous

#BA6823 #BAB323 #75BA23

triadic

#BAB323 #23BAB3 #B323BA

tetradic

#BAB323 #23BA68 #232ABA #BA2375

square

#BAB323 #23BA68 #232ABA #BA2375

split-complementary

#BAB323 #2375BA #6823BA

monochromatic

#535010 #868119 #BAB323 #DBD43F #E5DF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BAB323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BAB323 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB323

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB323	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.151 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c96d',
    500: '#bab323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab323;
$custom-light: #d3c96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.219,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74924,
    "c": 0.15145,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB323

secondary

#6D72CC

accent

#45EB3D

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB323

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

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