#BAB527#BAB527

#BAB527 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.151 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB527
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 79%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -13.69, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 68.00, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0453 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.151 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1413, 43.6347, 8.3850)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB527 #272CBA

analogous

#BA6C27 #BAB527 #76BA27

triadic

#BAB527 #27BAB5 #B527BA

tetradic

#BAB527 #27BA6C #272CBA #BA2776

square

#BAB527 #27BA6C #272CBA #BA2776

split-complementary

#BAB527 #2776BA #6C27BA

monochromatic

#555312 #87841C #BAB527 #D8D346 #E3DF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAB527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BAB527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB527

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB527	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.151 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca6e',
    500: '#bab527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab527;
$custom-light: #d3ca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.959,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75379,
    "c": 0.15149,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB527

secondary

#7275CB

accent

#45E840

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB527

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

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