#BAB738#BAB738

#BAB738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.144 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB738
RGB	rgb(186, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -13.98, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 63.09, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0446 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.144 108)
XYZ	xyz(37.8984, 44.5928, 10.3515)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB738 #383BBA

analogous

#BA7638 #BAB738 #7CBA38

triadic

#BAB738 #38BAB7 #B738BA

tetradic

#BAB738 #38BA76 #383BBA #BA387C

square

#BAB738 #38BA76 #383BBA #BA387C

split-complementary

#BAB738 #387CBA #7638BA

monochromatic

#5C5A1C #8B892A #BAB738 #CFCD60 #DDDC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BAB738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BAB738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB738

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB738	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)

#C6B023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.144 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc77',
    500: '#bab738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab738;
$custom-light: #d2cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75919,
    "c": 0.14393,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.44592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB738

secondary

#8687C8

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB738

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

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