#BAB239#BAB239

#BAB239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.138 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB239
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -11.36, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 60.86, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0371 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.138 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9101, 42.5766, 10.1440)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB239 #3941BA

analogous

#BA7139 #BAB239 #81BA39

triadic

#BAB239 #39BAB2 #B239BA

tetradic

#BAB239 #39BA71 #3941BA #BA3981

square

#BAB239 #39BA71 #3941BA #BA3981

split-complementary

#BAB239 #3981BA #7139BA

monochromatic

#5C581C #8B852B #BAB239 #CFC861 #DDD890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BAB239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB239

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB239	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)

#C1AC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.138 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c877',
    500: '#bab239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab239;
$custom-light: #d2c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7484,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB239

secondary

#878BC8

accent

#54DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB239

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

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