#BAB037#BAB037

#BAB037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.138 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB037
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -10.43, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 60.91, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0347 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.138 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4661, 41.7670, 9.7547)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB037 #3741BA

analogous

#BA6F37 #BAB037 #82BA37

triadic

#BAB037 #37BAB0 #B037BA

tetradic

#BAB037 #37BA6F #3741BA #BA3782

square

#BAB037 #37BA6F #3741BA #BA3782

split-complementary

#BAB037 #3782BA #6F37BA

monochromatic

#5C571B #8B8329 #BAB037 #D0C75F #DED78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BAB037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BAB037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB037

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB037	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)

#BFAA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.138 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c776',
    500: '#bab037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab037;
$custom-light: #d2c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74392,
    "c": 0.13792,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB037

secondary

#858AC8

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB037

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

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