#BAB72F#BAB72F

#BAB72F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.149 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB72F
RGB	rgb(186, 183, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 74.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -14.40, 64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 66.23, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0466 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.149 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6977, 44.5126, 9.2948)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB72F #2F32BA

analogous

#BA712F #BAB72F #77BA2F

triadic

#BAB72F #2FBAB7 #B72FBA

tetradic

#BAB72F #2FBA71 #2F32BA #BA2F77

square

#BAB72F #2FBA71 #2F32BA #BA2F77

split-complementary

#BAB72F #2F77BA #712FBA

monochromatic

#585716 #898723 #BAB72F #D3D153 #E0DE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BAB72F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BAB72F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB72F

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB72F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB72F	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)

#C6AF10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab72f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 183, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.149 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc72',
    500: '#bab72f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab72f;
$custom-light: #d2cc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab72f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 59.657,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75859,
    "c": 0.14931,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB72F

secondary

#7C7DC9

accent

#48E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB72F

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

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