#BAB431#BAB431

#BAB431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.145 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB431
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -12.78, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 64.49, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0419 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.145 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1268, 43.3047, 9.3081)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB431 #3137BA

analogous

#BA6F31 #BAB431 #7BBA31

triadic

#BAB431 #31BAB4 #B431BA

tetradic

#BAB431 #31BA6F #3137BA #BA317B

square

#BAB431 #31BA6F #3137BA #BA317B

split-complementary

#BAB431 #317BBA #6F31BA

monochromatic

#595617 #8A8524 #BAB431 #D2CD56 #DFDB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAB431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BAB431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB431

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB431	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)

#C4AD17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.145 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca73',
    500: '#bab431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab431;
$custom-light: #d2ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75218,
    "c": 0.14533,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB431

secondary

#7E81C9

accent

#4DE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB431

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

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