#BAB942#BAB942

#BAB942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.139 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB942
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -14.44, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 59.98, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0448 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.139 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5833, 45.5315, 11.9092)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB942 #4243BA

analogous

#BA7D42 #BAB942 #7FBA42

triadic

#BAB942 #42BAB9 #B942BA

tetradic

#BAB942 #42BA7D #4243BA #BA427F

square

#BAB942 #42BA7D #4243BA #BA427F

split-complementary

#BAB942 #427FBA #7D42BA

monochromatic

#605F22 #8D8C32 #BAB942 #CBCB6E #DBDB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BAB942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BAB942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB942

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB942	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.139 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd7c',
    500: '#bab942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab942;
$custom-light: #d2cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76434,
    "c": 0.13897,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB942

secondary

#9091C8

accent

#52D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB942

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

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