#BAB640#BAB640

#BAB640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.137 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB640
RGB	rgb(186, 182, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -13.03, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 59.61, 102.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0411 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.137 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9044, 44.2664, 11.3971)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB640 #4044BA

analogous

#BA7940 #BAB640 #81BA40

triadic

#BAB640 #40BAB6 #B640BA

tetradic

#BAB640 #40BA79 #4044BA #BA4081

square

#BAB640 #40BA79 #4044BA #BA4081

split-complementary

#BAB640 #4081BA #7940BA

monochromatic

#5F5D21 #8C8930 #BAB640 #CCC96B #DCDA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BAB640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BAB640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB640

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB640	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 182, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.137 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb7b',
    500: '#bab640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab640;
$custom-light: #d2cb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75764,
    "c": 0.1374,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB640

secondary

#8E90C8

accent

#54D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB640

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

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