#BAB435#BAB435

#BAB435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.143 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB435
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -12.60, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 63.08, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.041 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.143 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2150, 43.3400, 9.7726)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB435 #353BBA

analogous

#BA7235 #BAB435 #7EBA35

triadic

#BAB435 #35BAB4 #B435BA

tetradic

#BAB435 #35BA72 #353BBA #BA357E

square

#BAB435 #35BA72 #353BBA #BA357E

split-complementary

#BAB435 #357EBA #7235BA

monochromatic

#5B581A #8A8627 #BAB435 #D0CB5C #DEDA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAB435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BAB435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB435

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB435	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)

#C3AD1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.143 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca75',
    500: '#bab435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab435;
$custom-light: #d2ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75244,
    "c": 0.14294,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB435

secondary

#8286C8

accent

#50DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB435

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

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