#BAB237#BAB237

#BAB237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; 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	#BAB237
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -11.47, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 61.62, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0376 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.14 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8612, 42.5571, 9.8864)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB237 #373FBA

analogous

#BA7137 #BAB237 #81BA37

triadic

#BAB237 #37BAB2 #B237BA

tetradic

#BAB237 #37BA71 #373FBA #BA3781

square

#BAB237 #37BA71 #373FBA #BA3781

split-complementary

#BAB237 #3781BA #7137BA

monochromatic

#5C581B #8B8529 #BAB237 #D0C95F #DED98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BAB237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB237

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB237	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)

#C1AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.140 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c876',
    500: '#bab237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab237;
$custom-light: #d2c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74825,
    "c": 0.13977,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB237

secondary

#8589C8

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB237

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

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