#BAB327#BAB327

#BAB327 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.150 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB327
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 79%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -12.67, 66.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 67.32, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0424 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.15 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7376, 42.8272, 8.2504)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB327 #272EBA

analogous

#BA6A27 #BAB327 #78BA27

triadic

#BAB327 #27BAB3 #B327BA

tetradic

#BAB327 #27BA6A #272EBA #BA2778

square

#BAB327 #27BA6A #272EBA #BA2778

split-complementary

#BAB327 #2778BA #6A27BA

monochromatic

#555212 #87821C #BAB327 #D8D146 #E3DE79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BAB327 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BAB327 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB327

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB327	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB327	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab327;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.150 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c96e',
    500: '#bab327',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab327;
$custom-light: #d3c96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab327",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74944,
    "c": 0.14966,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB327

secondary

#7276CB

accent

#48E840

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB327

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

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