#BAB831#BAB831

#BAB831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.149 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB831
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -14.82, 64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 65.93, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0476 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.149 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9460, 44.9430, 9.5812)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB831 #3133BA

analogous

#BA7331 #BAB831 #77BA31

triadic

#BAB831 #31BAB8 #B831BA

tetradic

#BAB831 #31BA73 #3133BA #BA3177

square

#BAB831 #31BA73 #3133BA #BA3177

split-complementary

#BAB831 #3177BA #7331BA

monochromatic

#595817 #8A8824 #BAB831 #D2D156 #DFDE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BAB831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BAB831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB831

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB831	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.149 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd73',
    500: '#bab831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab831;
$custom-light: #d2cd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7609,
    "c": 0.14916,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB831

secondary

#7E7FC9

accent

#49E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB831

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

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