#BAB434#BAB434

#BAB434 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 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB434
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 52)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 72%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -12.64, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 63.44, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0412 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.144 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1923, 43.3309, 9.6527)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB434 #343ABA

analogous

#BA7134 #BAB434 #7DBA34

triadic

#BAB434 #34BAB4 #B434BA

tetradic

#BAB434 #34BA71 #343ABA #BA347D

square

#BAB434 #34BA71 #343ABA #BA347D

split-complementary

#BAB434 #347DBA #7134BA

monochromatic

#5A5719 #8A8627 #BAB434 #D1CC5A #DEDB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAB434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BAB434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB434

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB434	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.144 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca74',
    500: '#bab434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab434;
$custom-light: #d2ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75238,
    "c": 0.14355,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB434

secondary

#8185C8

accent

#4FE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB434

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

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