#BAB840#BAB840

#BAB840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.139 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB840
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -14.05, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 60.39, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0439 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.139 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3169, 45.0914, 11.5346)
Luminance	0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB840 #4042BA

analogous

#BA7B40 #BAB840 #7FBA40

triadic

#BAB840 #40BAB8 #B840BA

tetradic

#BAB840 #40BA7B #4042BA #BA407F

square

#BAB840 #40BA7B #4042BA #BA407F

split-complementary

#BAB840 #407FBA #7B40BA

monochromatic

#5F5E21 #8C8B30 #BAB840 #CCCB6B #DCDB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BAB840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BAB840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB840

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB840	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.139 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd7b',
    500: '#bab840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab840;
$custom-light: #d2cd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76199,
    "c": 0.13942,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB840

secondary

#8E8FC8

accent

#52D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB840

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

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