#BAB038#BAB038

#BAB038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.137 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB038
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -10.38, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 60.53, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0344 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.137 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4903, 41.7767, 9.8822)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB038 #3842BA

analogous

#BA6F38 #BAB038 #83BA38

triadic

#BAB038 #38BAB0 #B038BA

tetradic

#BAB038 #38BA6F #3842BA #BA3883

square

#BAB038 #38BA6F #3842BA #BA3883

split-complementary

#BAB038 #3883BA #6F38BA

monochromatic

#5C571C #8B832A #BAB038 #CFC760 #DDD78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BAB038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BAB038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB038

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB038	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	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)

#BFAA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.137 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c776',
    500: '#bab038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab038;
$custom-light: #d2c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.744,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB038

secondary

#868BC8

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB038

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

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