#BAB532#BAB532

#BAB532 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	#BAB532
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 50)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 73.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -13.25, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 64.50, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0431 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.146 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3508, 43.7184, 9.4880)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB532 #3237BA

analogous

#BA7132 #BAB532 #7BBA32

triadic

#BAB532 #32BAB5 #B532BA

tetradic

#BAB532 #32BA71 #3237BA #BA327B

square

#BAB532 #32BA71 #3237BA #BA327B

split-complementary

#BAB532 #327BBA #7132BA

monochromatic

#5A5718 #8A8625 #BAB532 #D2CD57 #DFDC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAB532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BAB532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB532

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB532	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)

#C4AE18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.146 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca73',
    500: '#bab532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab532;
$custom-light: #d2ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.794,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75442,
    "c": 0.1457,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB532

secondary

#7F82C9

accent

#4DE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB532

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

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