#BAB52F#BAB52F

#BAB52F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.147 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB52F
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 47)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 74.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -13.38, 64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 65.52, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0437 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.147 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2882, 43.6934, 9.1583)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB52F #2F34BA

analogous

#BA6F2F #BAB52F #79BA2F

triadic

#BAB52F #2FBAB5 #B52FBA

tetradic

#BAB52F #2FBA6F #2F34BA #BA2F79

square

#BAB52F #2FBA6F #2F34BA #BA2F79

split-complementary

#BAB52F #2F79BA #6F2FBA

monochromatic

#585616 #898523 #BAB52F #D3CF53 #E0DC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAB52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BAB52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB52F

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB52F	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)

#C5AE11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.147 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca72',
    500: '#bab52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab52f;
$custom-light: #d2ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.842,
    "s": 59.657,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75423,
    "c": 0.14741,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB52F

secondary

#7C7FC9

accent

#4BE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB52F

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

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