#BAB539#BAB539

#BAB539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.141 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB539
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -12.91, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 61.97, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0414 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.141 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5135, 43.7835, 10.3451)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB539 #393EBA

analogous

#BA7439 #BAB539 #7FBA39

triadic

#BAB539 #39BAB5 #B539BA

tetradic

#BAB539 #39BA74 #393EBA #BA397F

square

#BAB539 #39BA74 #393EBA #BA397F

split-complementary

#BAB539 #397FBA #7439BA

monochromatic

#5C5A1C #8B872B #BAB539 #CFCA61 #DDDA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BAB539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BAB539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB539

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB539	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.141 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca77',
    500: '#bab539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab539;
$custom-light: #d2ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.674,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75491,
    "c": 0.14131,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB539

secondary

#8789C8

accent

#51DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB539

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

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