#BAB437#BAB437

#BAB437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; 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	#BAB437
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -12.50, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 62.35, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0405 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.142 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2620, 43.3588, 10.0200)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB437 #373DBA

analogous

#BA7337 #BAB437 #7FBA37

triadic

#BAB437 #37BAB4 #B437BA

tetradic

#BAB437 #37BA73 #373DBA #BA377F

square

#BAB437 #37BA73 #373DBA #BA377F

split-complementary

#BAB437 #377FBA #7337BA

monochromatic

#5C591B #8B8629 #BAB437 #D0CA5F #DEDA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAB437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BAB437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB437

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB437	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)

#C3AD22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.142 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca76',
    500: '#bab437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab437;
$custom-light: #d2ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75259,
    "c": 0.14166,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB437

secondary

#8588C8

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB437

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

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