#BAB53B#BAB53B

#BAB53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.140 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB53B
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -12.80, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 61.20, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0409 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.14 107)
XYZ	xyz(37.5644, 43.8039, 10.6131)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB53B #3B40BA

analogous

#BA753B #BAB53B #7FBA3B

triadic

#BAB53B #3BBAB5 #B53BBA

tetradic

#BAB53B #3BBA75 #3B40BA #BA3B7F

square

#BAB53B #3BBA75 #3B40BA #BA3B7F

split-complementary

#BAB53B #3B7FBA #753BBA

monochromatic

#5D5B1E #8C882C #BAB53B #CECA64 #DDDA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BAB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BAB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB53B

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB53B	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)

#C4AE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.140 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca78',
    500: '#bab53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab53b;
$custom-light: #d2ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.638,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75506,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.43803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB53B

secondary

#898BC8

accent

#52DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB53B

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

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