#BAB739#BAB739

#BAB739 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.143 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB739
RGB	rgb(186, 183, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -13.93, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 62.71, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0443 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.143 108)
XYZ	xyz(37.9231, 44.6027, 10.4816)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB739 #393CBA

analogous

#BA7739 #BAB739 #7CBA39

triadic

#BAB739 #39BAB7 #B739BA

tetradic

#BAB739 #39BA77 #393CBA #BA397C

square

#BAB739 #39BA77 #393CBA #BA397C

split-complementary

#BAB739 #397CBA #7739BA

monochromatic

#5C5B1C #8B892B #BAB739 #CFCC61 #DDDB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BAB739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BAB739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB739

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB739	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)

#C6B025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 183, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.143 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc77',
    500: '#bab739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab739;
$custom-light: #d2cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75926,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.44601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB739

secondary

#8788C8

accent

#4FDC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB739

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

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