#BAB342#BAB342

#BAB342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.133 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB342
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -11.36, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 57.64, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0361 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.133 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3545, 43.0739, 11.4996)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB342 #4249BA

analogous

#BA7742 #BAB342 #85BA42

triadic

#BAB342 #42BAB3 #B342BA

tetradic

#BAB342 #42BA77 #4249BA #BA4285

square

#BAB342 #42BA77 #4249BA #BA4285

split-complementary

#BAB342 #4285BA #7742BA

monochromatic

#605C22 #8D8832 #BAB342 #CBC66E #DBD89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BAB342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BAB342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB342

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB342	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.133 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c97c',
    500: '#bab342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab342;
$custom-light: #d2c97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75131,
    "c": 0.13293,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB342

secondary

#9093C8

accent

#58D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB342

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

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