#BAB138#BAB138

#BAB138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.138 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB138
RGB	rgb(186, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -10.90, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 60.88, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0359 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.138 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6871, 42.1703, 9.9478)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB138 #3841BA

analogous

#BA7038 #BAB138 #82BA38

triadic

#BAB138 #38BAB1 #B138BA

tetradic

#BAB138 #38BA70 #3841BA #BA3882

square

#BAB138 #38BA70 #3841BA #BA3882

split-complementary

#BAB138 #3882BA #7038BA

monochromatic

#5C571C #8B842A #BAB138 #CFC760 #DDD88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BAB138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BAB138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB138

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB138	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)

#C0AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.138 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c876',
    500: '#bab138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab138;
$custom-light: #d2c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74616,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB138

secondary

#868AC8

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB138

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

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