#BAB838#BAB838

#BAB838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.145 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB838
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -14.49, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 63.46, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.046 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.145 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1054, 45.0068, 10.4205)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB838 #383ABA

analogous

#BA7738 #BAB838 #7BBA38

triadic

#BAB838 #38BAB8 #B838BA

tetradic

#BAB838 #38BA77 #383ABA #BA387B

square

#BAB838 #38BA77 #383ABA #BA387B

split-complementary

#BAB838 #387BBA #7738BA

monochromatic

#5C5B1C #8B892A #BAB838 #CFCD60 #DDDC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BAB838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BAB838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB838

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB838	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)

#C7B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.145 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd77',
    500: '#bab838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab838;
$custom-light: #d2cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76137,
    "c": 0.14491,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB838

secondary

#8687C8

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB838

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

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