#BAB436#BAB436

#BAB436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.142 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB436
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -12.55, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 62.71, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0407 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.142 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2383, 43.3493, 9.8950)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB436 #363CBA

analogous

#BA7236 #BAB436 #7EBA36

triadic

#BAB436 #36BAB4 #B436BA

tetradic

#BAB436 #36BA72 #363CBA #BA367E

square

#BAB436 #36BA72 #363CBA #BA367E

split-complementary

#BAB436 #367EBA #7236BA

monochromatic

#5B581A #8B8628 #BAB436 #D0CB5D #DEDA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAB436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BAB436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB436

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB436	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.142 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca75',
    500: '#bab436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab436;
$custom-light: #d2ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75251,
    "c": 0.1423,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB436

secondary

#8487C8

accent

#50DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB436

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

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