#BAB83B#BAB83B

#BAB83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.143 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB83B
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -14.33, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 62.34, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0452 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.143 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1810, 45.0370, 10.8186)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB83B #3B3DBA

analogous

#BA783B #BAB83B #7CBA3B

triadic

#BAB83B #3BBAB8 #B83BBA

tetradic

#BAB83B #3BBA78 #3B3DBA #BA3B7C

square

#BAB83B #3BBA78 #3B3DBA #BA3B7C

split-complementary

#BAB83B #3B7CBA #783BBA

monochromatic

#5D5C1E #8C8A2C #BAB83B #CECC64 #DDDB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BAB83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BAB83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB83B

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB83B	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.143 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd78',
    500: '#bab83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab83b;
$custom-light: #d2cd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76159,
    "c": 0.14293,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB83B

secondary

#898AC8

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB83B

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

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