#BAB93B#BAB93B

#BAB93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.144 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB93B
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, -14.84, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 62.73, 103.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.0467 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.144 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3894, 45.4539, 10.8881)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB93B #3B3CBA

analogous

#BA7A3B #BAB93B #7BBA3B

triadic

#BAB93B #3BBAB9 #B93BBA

tetradic

#BAB93B #3BBA7A #3B3CBA #BA3B7B

square

#BAB93B #3BBA7A #3B3CBA #BA3B7B

split-complementary

#BAB93B #3B7BBA #7A3BBA

monochromatic

#5D5D1E #8C8B2C #BAB93B #CECD64 #DDDC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BAB93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BAB93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB93B

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB93B	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.144 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd79',
    500: '#bab93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab93b;
$custom-light: #d2cd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.528,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76377,
    "c": 0.14394,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB93B

secondary

#8989C8

accent

#4EDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB93B

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

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