#BAB337#BAB337

#BAB337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; 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	#BAB337
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -11.98, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 61.98, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.039 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.141 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0608, 42.9565, 9.9529)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB337 #373EBA

analogous

#BA7237 #BAB337 #80BA37

triadic

#BAB337 #37BAB3 #B337BA

tetradic

#BAB337 #37BA72 #373EBA #BA3780

square

#BAB337 #37BA72 #373EBA #BA3780

split-complementary

#BAB337 #3780BA #7237BA

monochromatic

#5C581B #8B8629 #BAB337 #D0CA5F #DED98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BAB337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BAB337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB337

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB337	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)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.141 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c976',
    500: '#bab337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab337;
$custom-light: #d2c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75042,
    "c": 0.14071,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB337

secondary

#8588C8

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB337

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

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