#BAB33E#BAB33E

#BAB33E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.136 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB33E
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 66.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -11.60, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 59.27, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0372 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.136 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2407, 43.0284, 10.9001)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB33E #3E45BA

analogous

#BA753E #BAB33E #83BA3E

triadic

#BAB33E #3EBAB3 #B33EBA

tetradic

#BAB33E #3EBA75 #3E45BA #BA3E83

square

#BAB33E #3EBA75 #3E45BA #BA3E83

split-complementary

#BAB33E #3E83BA #753EBA

monochromatic

#5E5B1F #8C872F #BAB33E #CDC768 #DCD896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BAB33E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BAB33E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB33E

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB33E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB33E	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab33e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.136 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c97a',
    500: '#bab33e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab33e;
$custom-light: #d2c97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab33e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.613,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75096,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB33E

secondary

#8C8FC8

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB33E

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

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