#BAB430#BAB430

#BAB430 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.146 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB430
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 74.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -12.83, 63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 64.83, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0421 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.146 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1060, 43.2963, 9.1982)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB430 #3036BA

analogous

#BA6F30 #BAB430 #7BBA30

triadic

#BAB430 #30BAB4 #B430BA

tetradic

#BAB430 #30BA6F #3036BA #BA307B

square

#BAB430 #30BA6F #3036BA #BA307B

split-complementary

#BAB430 #307BBA #6F30BA

monochromatic

#595617 #898523 #BAB430 #D3CD54 #DFDC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAB430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BAB430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB430

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB430	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.146 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca72',
    500: '#bab430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab430;
$custom-light: #d2ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75212,
    "c": 0.14592,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB430

secondary

#7D80C9

accent

#4CE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB430

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

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