#BAB039#BAB039

#BAB039 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 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB039
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -10.33, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 60.14, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0342 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.137 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5150, 41.7866, 10.0123)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB039 #3943BA

analogous

#BA7039 #BAB039 #83BA39

triadic

#BAB039 #39BAB0 #B039BA

tetradic

#BAB039 #39BA70 #3943BA #BA3983

square

#BAB039 #39BA70 #3943BA #BA3983

split-complementary

#BAB039 #3983BA #7039BA

monochromatic

#5C571C #8B842B #BAB039 #CFC661 #DDD790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BAB039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BAB039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB039

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB039	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.137 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c777',
    500: '#bab039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab039;
$custom-light: #d2c777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74407,
    "c": 0.13658,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB039

secondary

#878CC8

accent

#57DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB039

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

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