#BAB737#BAB737

#BAB737 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 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB737
RGB	rgb(186, 183, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -14.03, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 63.45, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0448 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.145 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8742, 44.5831, 10.2240)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB737 #373ABA

analogous

#BA7637 #BAB737 #7CBA37

triadic

#BAB737 #37BAB7 #B737BA

tetradic

#BAB737 #37BA76 #373ABA #BA377C

square

#BAB737 #37BA76 #373ABA #BA377C

split-complementary

#BAB737 #377CBA #7637BA

monochromatic

#5C5A1B #8B8929 #BAB737 #D0CD5F #DEDC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BAB737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BAB737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB737

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB737	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 183, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.145 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc76',
    500: '#bab737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab737;
$custom-light: #d2cc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75911,
    "c": 0.14457,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB737

secondary

#8586C8

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB737

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

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