#BAB931#BAB931

#BAB931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.150 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB931
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -15.33, 64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 66.30, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.049 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.15 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1545, 45.3600, 9.6506)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB931 #3132BA

analogous

#BA7431 #BAB931 #76BA31

triadic

#BAB931 #31BAB9 #B931BA

tetradic

#BAB931 #31BA74 #3132BA #BA3176

square

#BAB931 #31BA74 #3132BA #BA3176

split-complementary

#BAB931 #3176BA #7431BA

monochromatic

#595917 #8A8924 #BAB931 #D2D256 #DFDF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BAB931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BAB931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB931

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB931	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.150 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd73',
    500: '#bab931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab931;
$custom-light: #d2cd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76309,
    "c": 0.15014,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB931

secondary

#7E7FC9

accent

#47E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB931

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

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