#BAB833#BAB833

#BAB833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.148 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB833
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -14.73, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 65.25, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0472 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.148 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9891, 44.9603, 9.8084)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB833 #3335BA

analogous

#BA7533 #BAB833 #79BA33

triadic

#BAB833 #33BAB8 #B833BA

tetradic

#BAB833 #33BA75 #3335BA #BA3379

square

#BAB833 #33BA75 #3335BA #BA3379

split-complementary

#BAB833 #3379BA #7533BA

monochromatic

#5A5919 #8A8826 #BAB833 #D1D059 #DFDD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BAB833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BAB833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB833

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB833	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)

#C7B019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.148 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd74',
    500: '#bab833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab833;
$custom-light: #d2cd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.111,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76103,
    "c": 0.148,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB833

secondary

#8081C9

accent

#4AE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB833

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

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