#BAB636#BAB636

#BAB636 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.144 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB636
RGB	rgb(186, 182, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -13.57, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 63.45, 102.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0436 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.144 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6449, 44.1626, 10.0306)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB636 #363ABA

analogous

#BA7436 #BAB636 #7CBA36

triadic

#BAB636 #36BAB6 #B636BA

tetradic

#BAB636 #36BA74 #363ABA #BA367C

square

#BAB636 #36BA74 #363ABA #BA367C

split-complementary

#BAB636 #367CBA #7436BA

monochromatic

#5B591A #8B8828 #BAB636 #D0CD5D #DEDB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BAB636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BAB636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB636

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB636	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 182, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.144 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb76',
    500: '#bab636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab636;
$custom-light: #d2cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75686,
    "c": 0.14422,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB636

secondary

#8486C8

accent

#4EDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB636

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

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