#BAB333#BAB333

#BAB333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.143 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB333
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -12.18, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 63.44, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.04 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.143 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9688, 42.9197, 9.4683)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB333 #333ABA

analogous

#BA7033 #BAB333 #7EBA33

triadic

#BAB333 #33BAB3 #B333BA

tetradic

#BAB333 #33BA70 #333ABA #BA337E

square

#BAB333 #33BA70 #333ABA #BA337E

split-complementary

#BAB333 #337EBA #7033BA

monochromatic

#5A5719 #8A8526 #BAB333 #D1CB59 #DFDA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BAB333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BAB333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB333

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB333	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)

#C2AC1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.143 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c974',
    500: '#bab333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab333;
$custom-light: #d2c974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75014,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB333

secondary

#8084C9

accent

#4FE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB333

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

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