#BAB42D#BAB42D

#BAB42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.148 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB42D
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 75.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -12.95, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 65.82, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0427 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.148 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0461, 43.2724, 8.8831)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB42D #2D33BA

analogous

#BA6E2D #BAB42D #79BA2D

triadic

#BAB42D #2DBAB4 #B42DBA

tetradic

#BAB42D #2DBA6E #2D33BA #BA2D79

square

#BAB42D #2DBA6E #2D33BA #BA2D79

split-complementary

#BAB42D #2D79BA #6E2DBA

monochromatic

#575515 #898421 #BAB42D #D5CF50 #E0DC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BAB42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BAB42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB42D

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB42D	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)

#C4AD0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.148 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca71',
    500: '#bab42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab42d;
$custom-light: #d3ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75194,
    "c": 0.14757,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB42D

secondary

#797DC9

accent

#4AE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB42D

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

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