#BAB03B#BAB03B

#BAB03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.135 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB03B
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -10.22, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 59.36, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0336 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.135 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5659, 41.8069, 10.2803)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB03B #3B45BA

analogous

#BA713B #BAB03B #84BA3B

triadic

#BAB03B #3BBAB0 #B03BBA

tetradic

#BAB03B #3BBA71 #3B45BA #BA3B84

square

#BAB03B #3BBA71 #3B45BA #BA3B84

split-complementary

#BAB03B #3B84BA #713BBA

monochromatic

#5D581E #8C842C #BAB03B #CEC664 #DDD793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BAB03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BAB03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB03B

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB03B	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.135 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c778',
    500: '#bab03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab03b;
$custom-light: #d2c778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74423,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB03B

secondary

#898EC8

accent

#58DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB03B

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

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