#BAB530#BAB530

#BAB530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.147 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB530
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 48)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 74.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -13.34, 63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 65.18, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0435 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.147 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3086, 43.7015, 9.2657)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB530 #3035BA

analogous

#BA7030 #BAB530 #7ABA30

triadic

#BAB530 #30BAB5 #B530BA

tetradic

#BAB530 #30BA70 #3035BA #BA307A

square

#BAB530 #30BA70 #3035BA #BA307A

split-complementary

#BAB530 #307ABA #7030BA

monochromatic

#595617 #898623 #BAB530 #D3CE54 #DFDC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAB530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BAB530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB530

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB530	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)

#C4AE14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.147 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca72',
    500: '#bab530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab530;
$custom-light: #d2ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.826,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75429,
    "c": 0.14685,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB530

secondary

#7D80C9

accent

#4BE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB530

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

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