#BAB536#BAB536

#BAB536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.143 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB536
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -13.06, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 63.08, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0422 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.143 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4409, 43.7545, 9.9625)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB536 #363BBA

analogous

#BA7336 #BAB536 #7DBA36

triadic

#BAB536 #36BAB5 #B536BA

tetradic

#BAB536 #36BA73 #363BBA #BA367D

square

#BAB536 #36BA73 #363BBA #BA367D

split-complementary

#BAB536 #367DBA #7336BA

monochromatic

#5B591A #8B8728 #BAB536 #D0CC5D #DEDB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BAB536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BAB536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB536

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB536	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.143 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca75',
    500: '#bab536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab536;
$custom-light: #d2ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.727,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75469,
    "c": 0.14326,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB536

secondary

#8486C8

accent

#4FDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB536

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

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