#BAAB31#BAAB31

#BAAB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.137 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB31
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -8.12, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 61.42, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0287 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.137 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3686, 39.7882, 8.7220)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB31 #3140BA

analogous

#BA6631 #BAAB31 #84BA31

triadic

#BAAB31 #31BAAB #AB31BA

tetradic

#BAAB31 #31BA66 #3140BA #BA3184

square

#BAAB31 #31BA66 #3140BA #BA3184

split-complementary

#BAAB31 #3184BA #6631BA

monochromatic

#595217 #8A7E24 #BAAB31 #D2C556 #DFD586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BAAB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BAAB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB31

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB31	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA61B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.137 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c372',
    500: '#baab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab31;
$custom-light: #d2c372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.431,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73274,
    "c": 0.13729,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB31

secondary

#7E86C9

accent

#57E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB31

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

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