#BAB43F#BAB43F

#BAB43F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.136 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB43F
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 63)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 66.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -12.06, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 59.25, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0384 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.136 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4695, 43.4418, 11.1130)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB43F #3F45BA

analogous

#BA773F #BAB43F #83BA3F

triadic

#BAB43F #3FBAB4 #B43FBA

tetradic

#BAB43F #3FBA77 #3F45BA #BA3F83

square

#BAB43F #3FBA77 #3F45BA #BA3F83

split-complementary

#BAB43F #3F83BA #773FBA

monochromatic

#5F5C20 #8C8830 #BAB43F #CCC86A #DCD997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAB43F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BAB43F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB43F

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB43F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB43F	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)

#C3AD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.136 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca7a',
    500: '#bab43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab43f;
$custom-light: #d2ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 49.398,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75321,
    "c": 0.13615,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB43F

secondary

#8D90C8

accent

#56D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB43F

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

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