#BAB638#BAB638

#BAB638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.143 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB638
RGB	rgb(186, 182, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -13.47, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 62.71, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0431 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.143 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6929, 44.1818, 10.2830)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB638 #383CBA

analogous

#BA7538 #BAB638 #7DBA38

triadic

#BAB638 #38BAB6 #B638BA

tetradic

#BAB638 #38BA75 #383CBA #BA387D

square

#BAB638 #38BA75 #383CBA #BA387D

split-complementary

#BAB638 #387DBA #7538BA

monochromatic

#5C5A1C #8B882A #BAB638 #CFCC60 #DDDB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BAB638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BAB638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB638

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB638	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 182, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.143 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb77',
    500: '#bab638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab638;
$custom-light: #d2cb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.154,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75701,
    "c": 0.14294,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB638

secondary

#8688C8

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB638

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

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