#BAB535#BAB535

#BAB535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.144 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB535
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -13.11, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 63.44, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0424 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.144 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4176, 43.7452, 9.8401)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB535 #353ABA

analogous

#BA7235 #BAB535 #7DBA35

triadic

#BAB535 #35BAB5 #B535BA

tetradic

#BAB535 #35BA72 #353ABA #BA357D

square

#BAB535 #35BA72 #353ABA #BA357D

split-complementary

#BAB535 #357DBA #7235BA

monochromatic

#5B581A #8A8727 #BAB535 #D0CC5C #DEDB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BAB535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BAB535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB535

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB535	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)

#C4AE1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.144 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca75',
    500: '#bab535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab535;
$custom-light: #d2ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.744,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75462,
    "c": 0.14388,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB535

secondary

#8285C8

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB535

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

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