#BAB137#BAB137

#BAB137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; 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	#BAB137
RGB	rgb(186, 177, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -10.95, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 61.26, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0361 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.139 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6629, 42.1606, 9.8203)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB137 #3740BA

analogous

#BA7037 #BAB137 #81BA37

triadic

#BAB137 #37BAB1 #B137BA

tetradic

#BAB137 #37BA70 #3740BA #BA3781

square

#BAB137 #37BA70 #3740BA #BA3781

split-complementary

#BAB137 #3781BA #7037BA

monochromatic

#5C571B #8B8429 #BAB137 #D0C85F #DED88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BAB137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BAB137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB137

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB137	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)

#C0AB23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 177, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.139 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c876',
    500: '#bab137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab137;
$custom-light: #d2c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74608,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB137

secondary

#8589C8

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB137

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

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