#BAB236#BAB236

#BAB236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.140 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB236
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -11.52, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 61.99, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0378 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.14 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8374, 42.5476, 9.7614)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB236 #363EBA

analogous

#BA7036 #BAB236 #80BA36

triadic

#BAB236 #36BAB2 #B236BA

tetradic

#BAB236 #36BA70 #363EBA #BA3680

square

#BAB236 #36BA70 #363EBA #BA3680

split-complementary

#BAB236 #3680BA #7036BA

monochromatic

#5B571A #8B8528 #BAB236 #D0C95D #DED98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BAB236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB236

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB236	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)

#C1AC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.140 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c875',
    500: '#bab236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab236;
$custom-light: #d2c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74818,
    "c": 0.14042,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB236

secondary

#8488C8

accent

#52DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB236

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

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