#BAB642#BAB642

#BAB642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.136 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB642
RGB	rgb(186, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -12.91, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 58.80, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0405 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.136 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9623, 44.2896, 11.7022)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB642 #4246BA

analogous

#BA7A42 #BAB642 #82BA42

triadic

#BAB642 #42BAB6 #B642BA

tetradic

#BAB642 #42BA7A #4246BA #BA4282

square

#BAB642 #42BA7A #4246BA #BA4282

split-complementary

#BAB642 #4282BA #7A42BA

monochromatic

#605E22 #8D8A32 #BAB642 #CBC86E #DBD99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BAB642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BAB642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB642

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB642	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.136 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb7c',
    500: '#bab642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab642;
$custom-light: #d2cb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75781,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB642

secondary

#9092C8

accent

#55D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB642

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

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