#BAB623#BAB623

#BAB623 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.154 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB623
RGB	rgb(186, 182, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 81.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -14.34, 67.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 69.44, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0474 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.154 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2826, 44.0177, 8.1222)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB623 #2327BA

analogous

#BA6B23 #BAB623 #72BA23

triadic

#BAB623 #23BAB6 #B623BA

tetradic

#BAB623 #23BA6B #2327BA #BA2372

square

#BAB623 #23BA6B #2327BA #BA2372

split-complementary

#BAB623 #2372BA #6B23BA

monochromatic

#535110 #868419 #BAB623 #DBD73F #E5E273

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BAB623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BAB623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB623

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB623	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 182, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.154 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb6d',
    500: '#bab623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab623;
$custom-light: #d3cb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.411,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75578,
    "c": 0.15417,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB623

secondary

#6D70CC

accent

#41EB3D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB623

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

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