#BAB541#BAB541

#BAB541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.136 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB541
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 65)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 65.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -12.45, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 58.82, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0393 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.136 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7290, 43.8697, 11.4803)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB541 #4146BA

analogous

#BA7941 #BAB541 #83BA41

triadic

#BAB541 #41BAB5 #B541BA

tetradic

#BAB541 #41BA79 #4146BA #BA4183

square

#BAB541 #41BA79 #4146BA #BA4183

split-complementary

#BAB541 #4183BA #7941BA

monochromatic

#5F5D21 #8D8931 #BAB541 #CCC86C #DCD99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BAB541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BAB541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB541

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB541	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)

#C4AE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.136 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca7c',
    500: '#bab541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab541;
$custom-light: #d2ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.521,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75555,
    "c": 0.13566,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB541

secondary

#8F92C8

accent

#56D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB541

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

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