#BAB922#BAB922

#BAB922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.157 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB922
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 81.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -15.89, 68.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 70.72, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0518 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.157 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8889, 45.2537, 8.2521)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB922 #2223BA

analogous

#BA6D22 #BAB922 #6FBA22

triadic

#BAB922 #22BAB9 #B922BA

tetradic

#BAB922 #22BA6D #2223BA #BA226F

square

#BAB922 #22BA6D #2223BA #BA226F

split-complementary

#BAB922 #226FBA #6D22BA

monochromatic

#53520F #868619 #BAB922 #DCDB3E #E5E471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BAB922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BAB922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB922

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB922	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.157 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd6d',
    500: '#bab922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab922;
$custom-light: #d3cd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.605,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76231,
    "c": 0.15738,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB922

secondary

#6C6DCC

accent

#3DEC3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB922

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

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