#BAB52D#BAB52D

#BAB52D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.148 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB52D
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 45)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 75.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -13.47, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 66.17, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0442 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.149 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2487, 43.6776, 8.9506)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB52D #2D32BA

analogous

#BA6E2D #BAB52D #79BA2D

triadic

#BAB52D #2DBAB5 #B52DBA

tetradic

#BAB52D #2DBA6E #2D32BA #BA2D79

square

#BAB52D #2DBA6E #2D32BA #BA2D79

split-complementary

#BAB52D #2D79BA #6E2DBA

monochromatic

#575515 #898521 #BAB52D #D5D050 #E0DD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAB52D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BAB52D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB52D

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB52D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB52D	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab52d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.148 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca71',
    500: '#bab52d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab52d;
$custom-light: #d3ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab52d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.872,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75411,
    "c": 0.1485,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB52D

secondary

#797CC9

accent

#49E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB52D

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

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