#BAB43D#BAB43D

#BAB43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.138 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB43D
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 67.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -12.18, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 60.05, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.039 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.138 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4146, 43.4198, 10.8240)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB43D #3D43BA

analogous

#BA753D #BAB43D #81BA3D

triadic

#BAB43D #3DBAB4 #B43DBA

tetradic

#BAB43D #3DBA75 #3D43BA #BA3D81

square

#BAB43D #3DBA75 #3D43BA #BA3D81

split-complementary

#BAB43D #3D81BA #753DBA

monochromatic

#5E5B1F #8C872E #BAB43D #CDC867 #DCD995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAB43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BAB43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB43D

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB43D	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)

#C3AD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.138 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca79',
    500: '#bab43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab43d;
$custom-light: #d2ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 50.607,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75305,
    "c": 0.13759,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB43D

secondary

#8B8EC8

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB43D

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

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