#BAB936#BAB936

#BAB936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.147 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB936
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -15.10, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 64.57, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0479 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.147 109)
XYZ	xyz(38.2659, 45.4045, 10.2376)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB936 #3637BA

analogous

#BA7736 #BAB936 #79BA36

triadic

#BAB936 #36BAB9 #B936BA

tetradic

#BAB936 #36BA77 #3637BA #BA3679

square

#BAB936 #36BA77 #3637BA #BA3679

split-complementary

#BAB936 #3679BA #7736BA

monochromatic

#5B5B1A #8B8A28 #BAB936 #D0CF5D #DEDD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BAB936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BAB936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB936

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB936	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)

#C8B11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.147 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd76',
    500: '#bab936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab936;
$custom-light: #d2cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76341,
    "c": 0.14717,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.45403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB936

secondary

#8484C8

accent

#4BDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB936

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

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