#BAB531#BAB531

#BAB531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.146 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB531
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -13.29, 63.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 64.84, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0433 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.146 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3294, 43.7099, 9.3756)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB531 #3136BA

analogous

#BA7031 #BAB531 #7ABA31

triadic

#BAB531 #31BAB5 #B531BA

tetradic

#BAB531 #31BA70 #3136BA #BA317A

square

#BAB531 #31BA70 #3136BA #BA317A

split-complementary

#BAB531 #317ABA #7031BA

monochromatic

#595717 #8A8624 #BAB531 #D2CE56 #DFDC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAB531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BAB531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB531

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB531	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)

#C4AE16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.146 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca73',
    500: '#bab531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab531;
$custom-light: #d2ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.81,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75435,
    "c": 0.14628,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB531

secondary

#7E81C9

accent

#4CE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB531

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

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