#BAB73D#BAB73D

#BAB73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.141 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB73D
RGB	rgb(186, 183, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 67.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -13.71, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 61.19, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0433 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.141 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0268, 44.6442, 11.0281)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB73D #3D40BA

analogous

#BA783D #BAB73D #7EBA3D

triadic

#BAB73D #3DBAB7 #B73DBA

tetradic

#BAB73D #3DBA78 #3D40BA #BA3D7E

square

#BAB73D #3DBA78 #3D40BA #BA3D7E

split-complementary

#BAB73D #3D7EBA #783DBA

monochromatic

#5E5C1F #8C8A2E #BAB73D #CDCB67 #DCDB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BAB73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BAB73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB73D

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB73D	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 183, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.141 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc79',
    500: '#bab73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab73d;
$custom-light: #d2cc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 50.607,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75957,
    "c": 0.14056,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB73D

secondary

#8B8DC8

accent

#51DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB73D

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

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