#BAB935#BAB935

#BAB935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.148 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB935
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -15.15, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 64.92, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0481 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.148 109)
XYZ	xyz(38.2427, 45.3952, 10.1151)
Luminance	0.4539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB935 #3536BA

analogous

#BA7735 #BAB935 #79BA35

triadic

#BAB935 #35BAB9 #B935BA

tetradic

#BAB935 #35BA77 #3536BA #BA3579

square

#BAB935 #35BA77 #3536BA #BA3579

split-complementary

#BAB935 #3579BA #7735BA

monochromatic

#5B5A1A #8A8A27 #BAB935 #D0D05C #DEDD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BAB935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BAB935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB935

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB935	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.148 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd75',
    500: '#bab935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab935;
$custom-light: #d2cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.549,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76334,
    "c": 0.14779,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.45394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB935

secondary

#8283C8

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB935

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

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