#BAB73E#BAB73E

#BAB73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.140 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB73E
RGB	rgb(186, 183, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 66.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -13.66, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 60.79, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.043 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.14 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0540, 44.6551, 11.1712)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB73E #3E41BA

analogous

#BA793E #BAB73E #7FBA3E

triadic

#BAB73E #3EBAB7 #B73EBA

tetradic

#BAB73E #3EBA79 #3E41BA #BA3E7F

square

#BAB73E #3EBA79 #3E41BA #BA3E7F

split-complementary

#BAB73E #3E7FBA #793EBA

monochromatic

#5E5D1F #8C8A2F #BAB73E #CDCA68 #DCDA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BAB73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BAB73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB73E

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB73E	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	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)

#C6B02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 183, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.140 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc7a',
    500: '#bab73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab73e;
$custom-light: #d2cc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75965,
    "c": 0.13985,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB73E

secondary

#8C8EC8

accent

#52DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB73E

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

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