#BAB32F#BAB32F

#BAB32F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.146 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB32F
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 74.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -12.36, 63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 64.81, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0409 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.146 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8844, 42.8859, 9.0237)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB32F #2F36BA

analogous

#BA6D2F #BAB32F #7CBA2F

triadic

#BAB32F #2FBAB3 #B32FBA

tetradic

#BAB32F #2FBA6D #2F36BA #BA2F7C

square

#BAB32F #2FBA6D #2F36BA #BA2F7C

split-complementary

#BAB32F #2F7CBA #6D2FBA

monochromatic

#585516 #898423 #BAB32F #D3CD53 #E0DB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BAB32F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BAB32F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB32F

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB32F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB32F	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab32f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.146 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c972',
    500: '#bab32f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab32f;
$custom-light: #d2c972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab32f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.978,
    "s": 59.657,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74988,
    "c": 0.14555,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB32F

secondary

#7C80C9

accent

#4DE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB32F

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

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