#BAB230#BAB230

#BAB230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.144 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB230
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 74.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -11.80, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 64.13, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0392 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.144 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7051, 42.4947, 9.0646)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB230 #3038BA

analogous

#BA6D30 #BAB230 #7DBA30

triadic

#BAB230 #30BAB2 #B230BA

tetradic

#BAB230 #30BA6D #3038BA #BA307D

square

#BAB230 #30BA6D #3038BA #BA307D

split-complementary

#BAB230 #307DBA #6D30BA

monochromatic

#595517 #898323 #BAB230 #D3CC54 #DFDA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BAB230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB230

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB230	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.144 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c872',
    500: '#bab230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab230;
$custom-light: #d2c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74777,
    "c": 0.14406,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB230

secondary

#7D81C9

accent

#4FE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB230

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

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