#BAB43E#BAB43E

#BAB43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.137 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB43E
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 66.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -12.12, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 59.65, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0387 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.137 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4418, 43.4307, 10.9672)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB43E #3E44BA

analogous

#BA763E #BAB43E #82BA3E

triadic

#BAB43E #3EBAB4 #B43EBA

tetradic

#BAB43E #3EBA76 #3E44BA #BA3E82

square

#BAB43E #3EBA76 #3E44BA #BA3E82

split-complementary

#BAB43E #3E82BA #763EBA

monochromatic

#5E5B1F #8C882F #BAB43E #CDC868 #DCD996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAB43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BAB43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB43E

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB43E	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.137 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca7a',
    500: '#bab43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab43e;
$custom-light: #d2ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75313,
    "c": 0.13688,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB43E

secondary

#8C8FC8

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB43E

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

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