#BAB835#BAB835

#BAB835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.147 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB835
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -14.64, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 64.55, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0467 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.147 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0342, 44.9783, 10.0457)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB835 #3537BA

analogous

#BA7635 #BAB835 #7ABA35

triadic

#BAB835 #35BAB8 #B835BA

tetradic

#BAB835 #35BA76 #3537BA #BA357A

square

#BAB835 #35BA76 #3537BA #BA357A

split-complementary

#BAB835 #357ABA #7635BA

monochromatic

#5B5A1A #8A8927 #BAB835 #D0CF5C #DEDD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BAB835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BAB835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB835

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB835	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B01D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.147 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd75',
    500: '#bab835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab835;
$custom-light: #d2cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76116,
    "c": 0.1468,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB835

secondary

#8284C8

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB835

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

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