#BAB13B#BAB13B

#BAB13B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.136 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB13B
RGB	rgb(186, 177, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -10.74, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 59.72, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0351 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.136 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7627, 42.2005, 10.3459)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB13B #3B44BA

analogous

#BA713B #BAB13B #83BA3B

triadic

#BAB13B #3BBAB1 #B13BBA

tetradic

#BAB13B #3BBA71 #3B44BA #BA3B83

square

#BAB13B #3BBA71 #3B44BA #BA3B83

split-complementary

#BAB13B #3B83BA #713BBA

monochromatic

#5D591E #8C852C #BAB13B #CEC664 #DDD793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BAB13B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BAB13B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB13B

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB13B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB13B	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab13b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 177, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.136 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c878',
    500: '#bab13b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab13b;
$custom-light: #d2c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab13b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74639,
    "c": 0.13614,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB13B

secondary

#898DC8

accent

#57DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB13B

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

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