#BAB53A#BAB53A

#BAB53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.141 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB53A
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 68.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -12.85, 60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 61.59, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0412 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.141 107)
XYZ	xyz(37.5387, 43.7936, 10.4778)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB53A #3A3FBA

analogous

#BA753A #BAB53A #7FBA3A

triadic

#BAB53A #3ABAB5 #B53ABA

tetradic

#BAB53A #3ABA75 #3A3FBA #BA3A7F

square

#BAB53A #3ABA75 #3A3FBA #BA3A7F

split-complementary

#BAB53A #3A7FBA #753ABA

monochromatic

#5D5A1D #8B882B #BAB53A #CECA63 #DDDA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BAB53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BAB53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB53A

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB53A	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.141 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca78',
    500: '#bab53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab53a;
$custom-light: #d2ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.656,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75498,
    "c": 0.14065,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.43792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB53A

secondary

#888AC8

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB53A

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

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