#BAB423#BAB423

#BAB423 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.152 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB423
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 81.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -13.31, 67.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 68.78, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0445 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.152 107)
XYZ	xyz(36.8759, 43.2043, 7.9866)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB423 #2329BA

analogous

#BA6823 #BAB423 #74BA23

triadic

#BAB423 #23BAB4 #B423BA

tetradic

#BAB423 #23BA68 #2329BA #BA2374

square

#BAB423 #23BA68 #2329BA #BA2374

split-complementary

#BAB423 #2374BA #6823BA

monochromatic

#535010 #868219 #BAB423 #DBD53F #E5E073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BAB423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BAB423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB423

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB423	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)

#C7B230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.152 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca6d',
    500: '#bab423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab423;
$custom-light: #d3ca6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.616,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75142,
    "c": 0.15235,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.43203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB423

secondary

#6D71CC

accent

#44EB3D

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB423

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

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