#BAB837#BAB837

#BAB837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.146 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB837
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -14.54, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 63.83, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0462 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.146 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0812, 44.9971, 10.2930)
Luminance	0.4500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB837 #3739BA

analogous

#BA7737 #BAB837 #7BBA37

triadic

#BAB837 #37BAB8 #B837BA

tetradic

#BAB837 #37BA77 #3739BA #BA377B

square

#BAB837 #37BA77 #3739BA #BA377B

split-complementary

#BAB837 #377BBA #7737BA

monochromatic

#5C5B1B #8B8929 #BAB837 #D0CE5F #DEDC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BAB837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BAB837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB837

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB837	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)

#C7B021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.146 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd76',
    500: '#bab837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab837;
$custom-light: #d2cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7613,
    "c": 0.14555,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB837

secondary

#8586C8

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB837

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

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