#BAB735#BAB735

#BAB735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.146 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB735
RGB	rgb(186, 183, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -14.13, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 64.18, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0453 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.146 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8272, 44.5643, 9.9767)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB735 #3538BA

analogous

#BA7535 #BAB735 #7ABA35

triadic

#BAB735 #35BAB7 #B735BA

tetradic

#BAB735 #35BA75 #3538BA #BA357A

square

#BAB735 #35BA75 #3538BA #BA357A

split-complementary

#BAB735 #357ABA #7535BA

monochromatic

#5B591A #8A8827 #BAB735 #D0CE5C #DEDC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BAB735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BAB735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB735

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB735	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 183, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.146 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc75',
    500: '#bab735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab735;
$custom-light: #d2cc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75898,
    "c": 0.14582,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB735

secondary

#8284C8

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB735

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

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