#BAB533#BAB533

#BAB533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.145 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB533
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 51)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -13.20, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 64.15, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0429 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.145 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3726, 43.7272, 9.6029)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB533 #3338BA

analogous

#BA7233 #BAB533 #7CBA33

triadic

#BAB533 #33BAB5 #B533BA

tetradic

#BAB533 #33BA72 #3338BA #BA337C

square

#BAB533 #33BA72 #3338BA #BA337C

split-complementary

#BAB533 #337CBA #7233BA

monochromatic

#5A5819 #8A8626 #BAB533 #D1CD59 #DFDB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BAB533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BAB533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB533

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB533	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.145 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca74',
    500: '#bab533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab533;
$custom-light: #d2ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75448,
    "c": 0.14511,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB533

secondary

#8083C9

accent

#4DE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB533

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

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