#BAB030#BAB030

#BAB030 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.142 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB030
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 48)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 74.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -10.76, 62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 63.44, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0363 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.142 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3101, 41.7046, 8.9329)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB030 #303ABA

analogous

#BA6B30 #BAB030 #7FBA30

triadic

#BAB030 #30BAB0 #B030BA

tetradic

#BAB030 #30BA6B #303ABA #BA307F

square

#BAB030 #30BA6B #303ABA #BA307F

split-complementary

#BAB030 #307FBA #6B30BA

monochromatic

#595417 #898223 #BAB030 #D3CA54 #DFD985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BAB030 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BAB030 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB030

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB030	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB030	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab030;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.142 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c772',
    500: '#bab030',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab030;
$custom-light: #d2c772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab030",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74344,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB030

secondary

#7D82C9

accent

#51E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB030

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

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