#BAB233#BAB233

#BAB233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.142 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB233
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -11.66, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 63.08, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0385 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.142 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7691, 42.5203, 9.4017)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB233 #333BBA

analogous

#BA6E33 #BAB233 #7FBA33

triadic

#BAB233 #33BAB2 #B233BA

tetradic

#BAB233 #33BA6E #333BBA #BA337F

square

#BAB233 #33BA6E #333BBA #BA337F

split-complementary

#BAB233 #337FBA #6E33BA

monochromatic

#5A5619 #8A8426 #BAB233 #D1CA59 #DFDA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BAB233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB233

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB233	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)

#C2AB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.142 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c874',
    500: '#bab233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab233;
$custom-light: #d2c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74797,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB233

secondary

#8085C9

accent

#51E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB233

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

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