#BAB540#BAB540

#BAB540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.136 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB540
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -12.52, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 59.22, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0396 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.136 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7003, 43.8583, 11.3291)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB540 #4045BA

analogous

#BA7840 #BAB540 #82BA40

triadic

#BAB540 #40BAB5 #B540BA

tetradic

#BAB540 #40BA78 #4045BA #BA4082

square

#BAB540 #40BA78 #4045BA #BA4082

split-complementary

#BAB540 #4082BA #7840BA

monochromatic

#5F5C21 #8C8930 #BAB540 #CCC86B #DCD999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BAB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BAB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB540

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB540	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)

#C4AE30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.136 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca7b',
    500: '#bab540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab540;
$custom-light: #d2ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.541,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75546,
    "c": 0.1364,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB540

secondary

#8E91C8

accent

#55D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB540

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

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