#BAB730#BAB730

#BAB730 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.149 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB730
RGB	rgb(186, 183, 48)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 74.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -14.36, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 65.90, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0464 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.149 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7181, 44.5207, 9.4022)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB730 #3033BA

analogous

#BA7230 #BAB730 #78BA30

triadic

#BAB730 #30BAB7 #B730BA

tetradic

#BAB730 #30BA72 #3033BA #BA3078

square

#BAB730 #30BA72 #3033BA #BA3078

split-complementary

#BAB730 #3078BA #7230BA

monochromatic

#595717 #898723 #BAB730 #D3D054 #DFDE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BAB730 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BAB730 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB730

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB730	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB730	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab730;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 183, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.149 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc73',
    500: '#bab730',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab730;
$custom-light: #d2cc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab730",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75865,
    "c": 0.14876,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB730

secondary

#7D7FC9

accent

#49E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB730

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

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