#BAB53D#BAB53D

#BAB53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.139 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB53D
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 67.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -12.69, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 60.42, 102.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0404 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.139 107)
XYZ	xyz(37.6173, 43.8250, 10.8915)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB53D #3D42BA

analogous

#BA763D #BAB53D #80BA3D

triadic

#BAB53D #3DBAB5 #B53DBA

tetradic

#BAB53D #3DBA76 #3D42BA #BA3D80

square

#BAB53D #3DBA76 #3D42BA #BA3D80

split-complementary

#BAB53D #3D80BA #763DBA

monochromatic

#5E5B1F #8C882E #BAB53D #CDC967 #DCD995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BAB53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BAB53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB53D

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB53D	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)

#C4AE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.139 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca79',
    500: '#bab53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab53d;
$custom-light: #d2ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 50.607,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75522,
    "c": 0.13857,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.43824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB53D

secondary

#8B8EC8

accent

#53DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB53D

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

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