#BAB439#BAB439

#BAB439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.140 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB439
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -12.39, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 61.60, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.04 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.14 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3109, 43.3783, 10.2776)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB439 #393FBA

analogous

#BA7339 #BAB439 #80BA39

triadic

#BAB439 #39BAB4 #B439BA

tetradic

#BAB439 #39BA73 #393FBA #BA3980

square

#BAB439 #39BA73 #393FBA #BA3980

split-complementary

#BAB439 #3980BA #7339BA

monochromatic

#5C591C #8B872B #BAB439 #CFCA61 #DDDA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAB439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BAB439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB439

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB439	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.140 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca77',
    500: '#bab439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab439;
$custom-light: #d2ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75273,
    "c": 0.14035,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB439

secondary

#878AC8

accent

#52DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB439

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

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