#BAB52B#BAB52B

#BAB52B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.150 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB52B
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 43)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 76.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -13.55, 65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 66.80, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0445 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.15 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2111, 43.6626, 8.7526)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB52B #2B30BA

analogous

#BA6D2B #BAB52B #78BA2B

triadic

#BAB52B #2BBAB5 #B52BBA

tetradic

#BAB52B #2BBA6D #2B30BA #BA2B78

square

#BAB52B #2BBA6D #2B30BA #BA2B78

split-complementary

#BAB52B #2B78BA #6D2BBA

monochromatic

#575414 #888520 #BAB52B #D6D14C #E1DE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAB52B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BAB52B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB52B

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB52B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB52B	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)

#C5AE04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab52b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.150 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca70',
    500: '#bab52b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab52b;
$custom-light: #d3ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab52b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.902,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.754,
    "c": 0.14954,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB52B

secondary

#777ACA

accent

#48E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB52B

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

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