#BAB73A#BAB73A

#BAB73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.143 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB73A
RGB	rgb(186, 183, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 68.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -13.88, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 62.34, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0441 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.143 108)
XYZ	xyz(37.9483, 44.6128, 10.6143)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB73A #3A3DBA

analogous

#BA773A #BAB73A #7DBA3A

triadic

#BAB73A #3ABAB7 #B73ABA

tetradic

#BAB73A #3ABA77 #3A3DBA #BA3A7D

square

#BAB73A #3ABA77 #3A3DBA #BA3A7D

split-complementary

#BAB73A #3A7DBA #773ABA

monochromatic

#5D5B1D #8B892B #BAB73A #CECC63 #DDDB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BAB73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BAB73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB73A

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB73A	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 183, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.143 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc78',
    500: '#bab73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab73a;
$custom-light: #d2cc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75933,
    "c": 0.14261,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.44612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB73A

secondary

#8889C8

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB73A

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

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