#BAB331#BAB331

#BAB331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.144 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB331
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -12.27, 62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 64.13, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0404 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.144 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9257, 42.9024, 9.2411)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB331 #3138BA

analogous

#BA6E31 #BAB331 #7CBA31

triadic

#BAB331 #31BAB3 #B331BA

tetradic

#BAB331 #31BA6E #3138BA #BA317C

square

#BAB331 #31BA6E #3138BA #BA317C

split-complementary

#BAB331 #317CBA #6E31BA

monochromatic

#595617 #8A8424 #BAB331 #D2CC56 #DFDB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BAB331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BAB331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB331

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB331	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)

#C3AC17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.144 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c973',
    500: '#bab331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab331;
$custom-light: #d2c973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75001,
    "c": 0.14441,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB331

secondary

#7E82C9

accent

#4EE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB331

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

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