#BAB43A#BAB43A

#BAB43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.140 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB43A
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 68.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -12.34, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 61.21, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0397 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.14 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3361, 43.3884, 10.4103)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB43A #3A40BA

analogous

#BA743A #BAB43A #80BA3A

triadic

#BAB43A #3ABAB4 #B43ABA

tetradic

#BAB43A #3ABA74 #3A40BA #BA3A80

square

#BAB43A #3ABA74 #3A40BA #BA3A80

split-complementary

#BAB43A #3A80BA #743ABA

monochromatic

#5D5A1D #8B872B #BAB43A #CEC963 #DDD992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAB43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BAB43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB43A

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB43A	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.140 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca78',
    500: '#bab43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab43a;
$custom-light: #d2ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75281,
    "c": 0.13968,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB43A

secondary

#888BC8

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB43A

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

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