#BAB232#BAB232

#BAB232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.143 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB232
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 73.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -11.71, 62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 63.44, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0388 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.143 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7473, 42.5116, 9.2869)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB232 #323ABA

analogous

#BA6E32 #BAB232 #7EBA32

triadic

#BAB232 #32BAB2 #B232BA

tetradic

#BAB232 #32BA6E #323ABA #BA327E

square

#BAB232 #32BA6E #323ABA #BA327E

split-complementary

#BAB232 #327EBA #6E32BA

monochromatic

#5A5618 #8A8425 #BAB232 #D2CB57 #DFDA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BAB232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB232

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB232	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)

#C2AB1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.143 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c873',
    500: '#bab232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab232;
$custom-light: #d2c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7479,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB232

secondary

#7F83C9

accent

#50E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB232

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

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