#BAB427#BAB427

#BAB427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.151 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB427
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 79%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -13.18, 66.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 67.66, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0439 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.151 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9387, 43.2295, 8.3174)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB427 #272DBA

analogous

#BA6B27 #BAB427 #77BA27

triadic

#BAB427 #27BAB4 #B427BA

tetradic

#BAB427 #27BA6B #272DBA #BA2777

square

#BAB427 #27BA6B #272DBA #BA2777

split-complementary

#BAB427 #2777BA #6B27BA

monochromatic

#555212 #87831C #BAB427 #D8D246 #E3DE79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BAB427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BAB427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB427

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB427	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.151 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca6e',
    500: '#bab427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab427;
$custom-light: #d3ca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75161,
    "c": 0.15057,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB427

secondary

#7276CB

accent

#46E840

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB427

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

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