#BAB036#BAB036

#BAB036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.139 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB036
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -10.48, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 61.28, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0349 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.139 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4424, 41.7575, 9.6297)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB036 #3640BA

analogous

#BA6E36 #BAB036 #82BA36

triadic

#BAB036 #36BAB0 #B036BA

tetradic

#BAB036 #36BA6E #3640BA #BA3682

square

#BAB036 #36BA6E #3640BA #BA3682

split-complementary

#BAB036 #3682BA #6E36BA

monochromatic

#5B561A #8B8328 #BAB036 #D0C75D #DED88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BAB036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BAB036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB036

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB036	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.139 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c775',
    500: '#bab036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab036;
$custom-light: #d2c775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74385,
    "c": 0.13857,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB036

secondary

#8489C8

accent

#55DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB036

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

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