#BAB433#BAB433

#BAB433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.144 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB433
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -12.69, 62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 63.79, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0414 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.144 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1700, 43.3220, 9.5353)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB433 #3339BA

analogous

#BA7133 #BAB433 #7DBA33

triadic

#BAB433 #33BAB4 #B433BA

tetradic

#BAB433 #33BA71 #3339BA #BA337D

square

#BAB433 #33BA71 #3339BA #BA337D

split-complementary

#BAB433 #337DBA #7133BA

monochromatic

#5A5719 #8A8626 #BAB433 #D1CC59 #DFDB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAB433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BAB433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB433

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB433	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)

#C3AD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.144 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca74',
    500: '#bab433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab433;
$custom-light: #d2ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75231,
    "c": 0.14416,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB433

secondary

#8083C9

accent

#4EE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB433

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

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