#BAB523#BAB523

#BAB523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.153 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB523
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 81.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -13.83, 67.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 69.11, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.046 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.153 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0785, 43.6095, 8.0541)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB523 #2328BA

analogous

#BA6923 #BAB523 #73BA23

triadic

#BAB523 #23BAB5 #B523BA

tetradic

#BAB523 #23BA69 #2328BA #BA2373

square

#BAB523 #23BA69 #2328BA #BA2373

split-complementary

#BAB523 #2373BA #6923BA

monochromatic

#535110 #868319 #BAB523 #DBD63F #E5E173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAB523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BAB523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB523

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB523	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.153 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca6d',
    500: '#bab523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab523;
$custom-light: #d3ca6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.013,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7536,
    "c": 0.15326,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB523

secondary

#6D70CC

accent

#42EB3D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB523

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

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