#BAB941#BAB941

#BAB941 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	#BAB941
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 65.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -14.50, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 60.38, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0451 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.14 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5541, 45.5198, 11.7553)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB941 #4142BA

analogous

#BA7D41 #BAB941 #7FBA41

triadic

#BAB941 #41BAB9 #B941BA

tetradic

#BAB941 #41BA7D #4142BA #BA417F

square

#BAB941 #41BA7D #4142BA #BA417F

split-complementary

#BAB941 #417FBA #7D41BA

monochromatic

#5F5F21 #8D8C31 #BAB941 #CCCB6C #DCDB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BAB941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BAB941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB941

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB941	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)

#C8B231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.140 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd7c',
    500: '#bab941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab941;
$custom-light: #d2cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.504,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76425,
    "c": 0.13971,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB941

secondary

#8F90C8

accent

#51D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB941

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

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