#BAB538#BAB538

#BAB538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.142 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB538
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -12.96, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 62.34, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0417 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.142 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4888, 43.7736, 10.2150)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB538 #383DBA

analogous

#BA7438 #BAB538 #7EBA38

triadic

#BAB538 #38BAB5 #B538BA

tetradic

#BAB538 #38BA74 #383DBA #BA387E

square

#BAB538 #38BA74 #383DBA #BA387E

split-complementary

#BAB538 #387EBA #7438BA

monochromatic

#5C591C #8B872A #BAB538 #CFCB60 #DDDA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BAB538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BAB538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB538

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB538	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)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.142 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca77',
    500: '#bab538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab538;
$custom-light: #d2ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75483,
    "c": 0.14198,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB538

secondary

#8688C8

accent

#50DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB538

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

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