#BAB438#BAB438

#BAB438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.141 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB438
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -12.45, 60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 61.97, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0402 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.141 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2862, 43.3684, 10.1475)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB438 #383EBA

analogous

#BA7338 #BAB438 #7FBA38

triadic

#BAB438 #38BAB4 #B438BA

tetradic

#BAB438 #38BA73 #383EBA #BA387F

square

#BAB438 #38BA73 #383EBA #BA387F

split-complementary

#BAB438 #387FBA #7338BA

monochromatic

#5C591C #8B862A #BAB438 #CFCA60 #DDDA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BAB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB438

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB438	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)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.141 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca76',
    500: '#bab438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab438;
$custom-light: #d2ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75266,
    "c": 0.14102,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB438

secondary

#8689C8

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB438

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

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