#BAB72D#BAB72D

#BAB72D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.150 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB72D
RGB	rgb(186, 183, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 75.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -14.49, 65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 66.87, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.047 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.15 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6583, 44.4968, 9.0872)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB72D #2D30BA

analogous

#BA702D #BAB72D #77BA2D

triadic

#BAB72D #2DBAB7 #B72DBA

tetradic

#BAB72D #2DBA70 #2D30BA #BA2D77

square

#BAB72D #2DBA70 #2D30BA #BA2D77

split-complementary

#BAB72D #2D77BA #702DBA

monochromatic

#575615 #898721 #BAB72D #D5D250 #E0DE81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BAB72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BAB72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB72D

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB72D	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 183, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.150 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc71',
    500: '#bab72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab72d;
$custom-light: #d3cc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75848,
    "c": 0.15039,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB72D

secondary

#797BC9

accent

#47E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB72D

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

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