#BAB136#BAB136

#BAB136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.139 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB136
RGB	rgb(186, 177, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -11.00, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 61.64, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0364 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.139 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6392, 42.1511, 9.6953)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB136 #363FBA

analogous

#BA6F36 #BAB136 #81BA36

triadic

#BAB136 #36BAB1 #B136BA

tetradic

#BAB136 #36BA6F #363FBA #BA3681

square

#BAB136 #36BA6F #363FBA #BA3681

split-complementary

#BAB136 #3681BA #6F36BA

monochromatic

#5B571A #8B8428 #BAB136 #D0C85D #DED88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BAB136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BAB136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB136

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB136	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 177, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.139 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c875',
    500: '#bab136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab136;
$custom-light: #d2c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74601,
    "c": 0.13949,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB136

secondary

#8488C8

accent

#54DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB136

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

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