#BAB033#BAB033

#BAB033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.140 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB033
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -10.63, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 62.38, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0356 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.14 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3741, 41.7302, 9.2701)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB033 #333DBA

analogous

#BA6D33 #BAB033 #81BA33

triadic

#BAB033 #33BAB0 #B033BA

tetradic

#BAB033 #33BA6D #333DBA #BA3381

square

#BAB033 #33BA6D #333DBA #BA3381

split-complementary

#BAB033 #3381BA #6D33BA

monochromatic

#5A5519 #8A8326 #BAB033 #D1C859 #DFD889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BAB033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BAB033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB033

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB033	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.140 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c773',
    500: '#bab033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab033;
$custom-light: #d2c773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74364,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB033

secondary

#8086C9

accent

#53E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB033

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

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