#BAB940#BAB940

#BAB940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.140 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB940
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -14.56, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 60.78, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0454 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.14 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5254, 45.5083, 11.6041)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB940 #4041BA

analogous

#BA7C40 #BAB940 #7EBA40

triadic

#BAB940 #40BAB9 #B940BA

tetradic

#BAB940 #40BA7C #4041BA #BA407E

square

#BAB940 #40BA7C #4041BA #BA407E

split-complementary

#BAB940 #407EBA #7C40BA

monochromatic

#5F5E21 #8C8C30 #BAB940 #CCCB6B #DCDB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BAB940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BAB940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB940

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB940	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.140 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd7b',
    500: '#bab940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab940;
$custom-light: #d2cd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.508,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76417,
    "c": 0.14044,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB940

secondary

#8E8FC8

accent

#51D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB940

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

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