#BAB637#BAB637

#BAB637 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	#BAB637
RGB	rgb(186, 182, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -13.52, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 63.08, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0434 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.144 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6686, 44.1721, 10.1555)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB637 #373BBA

analogous

#BA7537 #BAB637 #7DBA37

triadic

#BAB637 #37BAB6 #B637BA

tetradic

#BAB637 #37BA75 #373BBA #BA377D

square

#BAB637 #37BA75 #373BBA #BA377D

split-complementary

#BAB637 #377DBA #7537BA

monochromatic

#5C5A1B #8B8829 #BAB637 #D0CC5F #DEDB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BAB637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BAB637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB637

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB637	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)

#C5AF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 182, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.144 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb76',
    500: '#bab637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab637;
$custom-light: #d2cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.168,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75694,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB637

secondary

#8587C8

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB637

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

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