#BAB73B#BAB73B

#BAB73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.142 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB73B
RGB	rgb(186, 183, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -13.82, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 61.96, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0438 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.142 108)
XYZ	xyz(37.9740, 44.6230, 10.7496)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB73B #3B3EBA

analogous

#BA783B #BAB73B #7DBA3B

triadic

#BAB73B #3BBAB7 #B73BBA

tetradic

#BAB73B #3BBA78 #3B3EBA #BA3B7D

square

#BAB73B #3BBA78 #3B3EBA #BA3B7D

split-complementary

#BAB73B #3B7DBA #783BBA

monochromatic

#5D5C1E #8C892C #BAB73B #CECB64 #DDDB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BAB73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BAB73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB73B

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB73B	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)

#C6B028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 183, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.142 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc78',
    500: '#bab73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab73b;
$custom-light: #d2cc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75941,
    "c": 0.14193,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.44622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB73B

secondary

#898AC8

accent

#50DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB73B

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

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