#BAB733#BAB733

#BAB733 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.147 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB733
RGB	rgb(186, 183, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -14.23, 63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 64.88, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0457 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.147 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7822, 44.5463, 9.7394)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB733 #3336BA

analogous

#BA7433 #BAB733 #7ABA33

triadic

#BAB733 #33BAB7 #B733BA

tetradic

#BAB733 #33BA74 #3336BA #BA337A

square

#BAB733 #33BA74 #3336BA #BA337A

split-complementary

#BAB733 #337ABA #7433BA

monochromatic

#5A5819 #8A8826 #BAB733 #D1CF59 #DFDD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BAB733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BAB733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB733

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB733	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B01A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 183, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.147 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc74',
    500: '#bab733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab733;
$custom-light: #d2cc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75884,
    "c": 0.14703,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB733

secondary

#8082C9

accent

#4BE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB733

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

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