#BAB234#BAB234

#BAB234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.142 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB234
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 52)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 72%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -11.61, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 62.72, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0383 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.142 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7914, 42.5292, 9.5191)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB234 #343CBA

analogous

#BA6F34 #BAB234 #7FBA34

triadic

#BAB234 #34BAB2 #B234BA

tetradic

#BAB234 #34BA6F #343CBA #BA347F

square

#BAB234 #34BA6F #343CBA #BA347F

split-complementary

#BAB234 #347FBA #6F34BA

monochromatic

#5A5619 #8A8427 #BAB234 #D1CA5A #DED98A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BAB234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB234

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB234	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.142 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c874',
    500: '#bab234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab234;
$custom-light: #d2c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74804,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB234

secondary

#8186C8

accent

#51E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB234

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

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