#BAB231#BAB231

#BAB231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.143 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB231
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -11.75, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 63.78, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.039 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.143 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7260, 42.5030, 9.1745)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB231 #3139BA

analogous

#BA6D31 #BAB231 #7DBA31

triadic

#BAB231 #31BAB2 #B231BA

tetradic

#BAB231 #31BA6D #3139BA #BA317D

square

#BAB231 #31BA6D #3139BA #BA317D

split-complementary

#BAB231 #317DBA #6D31BA

monochromatic

#595517 #8A8424 #BAB231 #D2CB56 #DFDA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BAB231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB231

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB231	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)

#C2AB18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.143 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c873',
    500: '#bab231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab231;
$custom-light: #d2c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74784,
    "c": 0.14348,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB231

secondary

#7E82C9

accent

#4FE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB231

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

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