#BAAB37#BAAB37

#BAAB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.133 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB37
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -7.82, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 59.19, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0273 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.133 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5038, 39.8423, 9.4339)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB37 #3746BA

analogous

#BA6A37 #BAAB37 #87BA37

triadic

#BAAB37 #37BAAB #AB37BA

tetradic

#BAAB37 #37BA6A #3746BA #BA3787

square

#BAAB37 #37BA6A #3746BA #BA3787

split-complementary

#BAAB37 #3787BA #6A37BA

monochromatic

#5C541B #8B8029 #BAAB37 #D0C35F #DED48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BAAB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BAAB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB37

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB37	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.133 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c375',
    500: '#baab37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab37;
$custom-light: #d2c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73317,
    "c": 0.13348,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB37

secondary

#858CC8

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB37

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

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