#BAB235#BAB235

#BAB235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.141 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB235
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -11.57, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 62.36, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0381 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.141 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8142, 42.5383, 9.6390)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB235 #353DBA

analogous

#BA7035 #BAB235 #80BA35

triadic

#BAB235 #35BAB2 #B235BA

tetradic

#BAB235 #35BA70 #353DBA #BA3580

square

#BAB235 #35BA70 #353DBA #BA3580

split-complementary

#BAB235 #3580BA #7035BA

monochromatic

#5B571A #8A8427 #BAB235 #D0C95C #DED98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BAB235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB235

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB235	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)

#C1AB20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.141 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c875',
    500: '#bab235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab235;
$custom-light: #d2c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7481,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB235

secondary

#8287C8

accent

#52DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB235

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

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