#BAB131#BAB131

#BAB131 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.143 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB131
RGB	rgb(186, 177, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -11.24, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 63.44, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0375 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.143 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5277, 42.1065, 9.1084)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB131 #313ABA

analogous

#BA6C31 #BAB131 #7EBA31

triadic

#BAB131 #31BAB1 #B131BA

tetradic

#BAB131 #31BA6C #313ABA #BA317E

square

#BAB131 #31BA6C #313ABA #BA317E

split-complementary

#BAB131 #317EBA #6C31BA

monochromatic

#595517 #8A8324 #BAB131 #D2CA56 #DFD986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BAB131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BAB131 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB131

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB131	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 177, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.143 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c873',
    500: '#bab131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab131;
$custom-light: #d2c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74567,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB131

secondary

#7E83C9

accent

#50E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB131

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

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