#BAB42B#BAB42B

#BAB42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.149 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB42B
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 76.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -13.03, 65.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 66.45, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0431 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.149 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0085, 43.2574, 8.6851)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB42B #2B31BA

analogous

#BA6D2B #BAB42B #78BA2B

triadic

#BAB42B #2BBAB4 #B42BBA

tetradic

#BAB42B #2BBA6D #2B31BA #BA2B78

square

#BAB42B #2BBA6D #2B31BA #BA2B78

split-complementary

#BAB42B #2B78BA #6D2BBA

monochromatic

#575414 #888420 #BAB42B #D6D04C #E1DD7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BAB42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BAB42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB42B

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB42B	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)

#C4AD05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.149 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca70',
    500: '#bab42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab42b;
$custom-light: #d3ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75182,
    "c": 0.14861,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB42B

secondary

#777BCA

accent

#49E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB42B

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

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