#BAB139#BAB139

#BAB139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.138 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB139
RGB	rgb(186, 177, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -10.85, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 60.50, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0356 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.138 105)
XYZ	xyz(36.7118, 42.1802, 10.0779)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB139 #3942BA

analogous

#BA7139 #BAB139 #82BA39

triadic

#BAB139 #39BAB1 #B139BA

tetradic

#BAB139 #39BA71 #3942BA #BA3982

square

#BAB139 #39BA71 #3942BA #BA3982

split-complementary

#BAB139 #3982BA #7139BA

monochromatic

#5C581C #8B842B #BAB139 #CFC761 #DDD890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BAB139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BAB139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB139

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB139	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 177, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.138 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c877',
    500: '#bab139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab139;
$custom-light: #d2c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74623,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.42179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB139

secondary

#878BC8

accent

#55DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB139

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

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