#BAB421#BAB421

#BAB421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.153 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB421
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 33)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 82.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -13.38, 68.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 69.30, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0449 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.153 107)
XYZ	xyz(36.8471, 43.1928, 7.8347)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB421 #2127BA

analogous

#BA6721 #BAB421 #73BA21

triadic

#BAB421 #21BAB4 #B421BA

tetradic

#BAB421 #21BA67 #2127BA #BA2173

square

#BAB421 #21BA67 #2127BA #BA2173

split-complementary

#BAB421 #2173BA #6721BA

monochromatic

#524F0F #868218 #BAB421 #DCD63C #E6E170

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BAB421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BAB421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB421

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB421	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.153 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca6c',
    500: '#bab421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab421;
$custom-light: #d3ca6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.647,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75133,
    "c": 0.15317,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.43191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB421

secondary

#6B6FCC

accent

#42ED3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB421

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

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