#BAB33B#BAB33B

#BAB33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.138 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB33B
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -11.77, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 60.46, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.038 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.138 106)
XYZ	xyz(37.1606, 42.9964, 10.4785)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB33B #3B42BA

analogous

#BA733B #BAB33B #81BA3B

triadic

#BAB33B #3BBAB3 #B33BBA

tetradic

#BAB33B #3BBA73 #3B42BA #BA3B81

square

#BAB33B #3BBA73 #3B42BA #BA3B81

split-complementary

#BAB33B #3B81BA #733BBA

monochromatic

#5D5A1E #8C862C #BAB33B #CEC864 #DDD993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BAB33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BAB33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB33B

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB33B	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.138 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c978',
    500: '#bab33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab33b;
$custom-light: #d2c978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75072,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.42995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB33B

secondary

#898CC8

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB33B

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

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