#BAB440#BAB440

#BAB440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.135 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB440
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -12.00, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 58.84, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0382 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.135 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4977, 43.4531, 11.2615)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB440 #4046BA

analogous

#BA7740 #BAB440 #83BA40

triadic

#BAB440 #40BAB4 #B440BA

tetradic

#BAB440 #40BA77 #4046BA #BA4083

square

#BAB440 #40BA77 #4046BA #BA4083

split-complementary

#BAB440 #4083BA #7740BA

monochromatic

#5F5C21 #8C8830 #BAB440 #CCC76B #DCD899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BAB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB440

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB440	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)

#C3AD30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.135 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca7b',
    500: '#bab440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab440;
$custom-light: #d2ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7533,
    "c": 0.13542,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB440

secondary

#8E91C8

accent

#56D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB440

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

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