#BAB53E#BAB53E

#BAB53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.138 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB53E
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 66.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -12.63, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 60.03, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0401 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.138 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6444, 43.8359, 11.0347)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB53E #3E43BA

analogous

#BA773E #BAB53E #81BA3E

triadic

#BAB53E #3EBAB5 #B53EBA

tetradic

#BAB53E #3EBA77 #3E43BA #BA3E81

square

#BAB53E #3EBA77 #3E43BA #BA3E81

split-complementary

#BAB53E #3E81BA #773EBA

monochromatic

#5E5C1F #8C882F #BAB53E #CDC968 #DCD996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BAB53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BAB53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB53E

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB53E	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.138 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca7a',
    500: '#bab53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab53e;
$custom-light: #d2ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.581,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7553,
    "c": 0.13787,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB53E

secondary

#8C8FC8

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB53E

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

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