#BAB42F#BAB42F

#BAB42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.146 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB42F
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 74.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -12.87, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 65.16, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0423 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.146 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0855, 43.2882, 9.0907)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB42F #2F35BA

analogous

#BA6E2F #BAB42F #7ABA2F

triadic

#BAB42F #2FBAB4 #B42FBA

tetradic

#BAB42F #2FBA6E #2F35BA #BA2F7A

square

#BAB42F #2FBA6E #2F35BA #BA2F7A

split-complementary

#BAB42F #2F7ABA #6E2FBA

monochromatic

#585516 #898523 #BAB42F #D3CE53 #E0DC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAB42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BAB42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB42F

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB42F	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.146 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca72',
    500: '#bab42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab42f;
$custom-light: #d2ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.41,
    "s": 59.657,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75205,
    "c": 0.14647,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB42F

secondary

#7C7FC9

accent

#4CE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB42F

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

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