#BAB03D#BAB03D

#BAB03D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.134 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB03D
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 67.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -10.11, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 58.57, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0331 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.134 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6188, 41.8281, 10.5587)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB03D #3D47BA

analogous

#BA713D #BAB03D #85BA3D

triadic

#BAB03D #3DBAB0 #B03DBA

tetradic

#BAB03D #3DBA71 #3D47BA #BA3D85

square

#BAB03D #3DBA71 #3D47BA #BA3D85

split-complementary

#BAB03D #3D85BA #713DBA

monochromatic

#5E591F #8C842E #BAB03D #CDC567 #DCD795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BAB03D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BAB03D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB03D

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB03D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB03D	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab03d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.134 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c779',
    500: '#bab03d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab03d;
$custom-light: #d2c779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab03d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 50.607,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74439,
    "c": 0.13378,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB03D

secondary

#8B90C8

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB03D

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

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