#BAB43B#BAB43B

#BAB43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.139 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB43B
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -12.29, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 60.83, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0395 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.139 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3618, 43.3987, 10.5455)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB43B #3B41BA

analogous

#BA743B #BAB43B #81BA3B

triadic

#BAB43B #3BBAB4 #B43BBA

tetradic

#BAB43B #3BBA74 #3B41BA #BA3B81

square

#BAB43B #3BBA74 #3B41BA #BA3B81

split-complementary

#BAB43B #3B81BA #743BBA

monochromatic

#5D5A1E #8C872C #BAB43B #CEC964 #DDD993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAB43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BAB43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB43B

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB43B	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)

#C3AD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.139 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca78',
    500: '#bab43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab43b;
$custom-light: #d2ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75289,
    "c": 0.139,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB43B

secondary

#898CC8

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB43B

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

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