#BAB335#BAB335

#BAB335 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.142 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB335
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -12.08, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 62.72, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0395 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.142 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0139, 42.9377, 9.7055)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB335 #353CBA

analogous

#BA7135 #BAB335 #7FBA35

triadic

#BAB335 #35BAB3 #B335BA

tetradic

#BAB335 #35BA71 #353CBA #BA357F

square

#BAB335 #35BA71 #353CBA #BA357F

split-complementary

#BAB335 #357FBA #7135BA

monochromatic

#5B571A #8A8527 #BAB335 #D0CA5C #DEDA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BAB335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BAB335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB335

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB335	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.142 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c975',
    500: '#bab335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab335;
$custom-light: #d2c975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75027,
    "c": 0.14199,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB335

secondary

#8286C8

accent

#51DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB335

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

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