#BAB330#BAB330

#BAB330 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.145 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB330
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 74.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -12.31, 63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 64.48, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0407 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.145 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9048, 42.8941, 9.1311)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB330 #3037BA

analogous

#BA6E30 #BAB330 #7CBA30

triadic

#BAB330 #30BAB3 #B330BA

tetradic

#BAB330 #30BA6E #3037BA #BA307C

square

#BAB330 #30BA6E #3037BA #BA307C

split-complementary

#BAB330 #307CBA #6E30BA

monochromatic

#595517 #898423 #BAB330 #D3CD54 #DFDB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BAB330 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BAB330 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB330

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB330	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB330	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab330;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.145 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c972',
    500: '#bab330',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab330;
$custom-light: #d2c972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab330",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.957,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74994,
    "c": 0.14498,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB330

secondary

#7D81C9

accent

#4EE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB330

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

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