#BAB238#BAB238

#BAB238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.139 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB238
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -11.42, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 61.24, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0373 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.139 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8854, 42.5668, 10.0139)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB238 #3840BA

analogous

#BA7138 #BAB238 #81BA38

triadic

#BAB238 #38BAB2 #B238BA

tetradic

#BAB238 #38BA71 #3840BA #BA3881

square

#BAB238 #38BA71 #3840BA #BA3881

split-complementary

#BAB238 #3881BA #7138BA

monochromatic

#5C581C #8B852A #BAB238 #CFC860 #DDD88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BAB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB238

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB238	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)

#C1AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.139 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c876',
    500: '#bab238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab238;
$custom-light: #d2c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74832,
    "c": 0.13911,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB238

secondary

#868AC8

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB238

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

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