#BAB736#BAB736

#BAB736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.145 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB736
RGB	rgb(186, 183, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -14.08, 62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 63.82, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.045 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.145 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8504, 44.5736, 10.0991)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB736 #3639BA

analogous

#BA7536 #BAB736 #7BBA36

triadic

#BAB736 #36BAB7 #B736BA

tetradic

#BAB736 #36BA75 #3639BA #BA367B

square

#BAB736 #36BA75 #3639BA #BA367B

split-complementary

#BAB736 #367BBA #7536BA

monochromatic

#5B5A1A #8B8828 #BAB736 #D0CD5D #DEDC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BAB736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BAB736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB736

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB736	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)

#C6B020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 183, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.145 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc76',
    500: '#bab736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab736;
$custom-light: #d2cc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75904,
    "c": 0.14521,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB736

secondary

#8485C8

accent

#4DDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB736

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

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