#BAB336#BAB336

#BAB336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.141 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB336
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -12.03, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 62.35, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0393 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.141 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0371, 42.9470, 9.8280)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB336 #363DBA

analogous

#BA7136 #BAB336 #7FBA36

triadic

#BAB336 #36BAB3 #B336BA

tetradic

#BAB336 #36BA71 #363DBA #BA367F

square

#BAB336 #36BA71 #363DBA #BA367F

split-complementary

#BAB336 #367FBA #7136BA

monochromatic

#5B581A #8B8528 #BAB336 #D0CA5D #DED98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BAB336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BAB336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB336

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB336	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.141 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c975',
    500: '#bab336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab336;
$custom-light: #d2c975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75034,
    "c": 0.14136,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB336

secondary

#8487C8

accent

#51DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB336

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

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