#BAB937#BAB937

#BAB937 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	#BAB937
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -15.05, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 64.21, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0477 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.147 109)
XYZ	xyz(38.2896, 45.4140, 10.3625)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB937 #3738BA

analogous

#BA7837 #BAB937 #7ABA37

triadic

#BAB937 #37BAB9 #B937BA

tetradic

#BAB937 #37BA78 #3738BA #BA377A

square

#BAB937 #37BA78 #3738BA #BA377A

split-complementary

#BAB937 #377ABA #7837BA

monochromatic

#5C5B1B #8B8A29 #BAB937 #D0CF5F #DEDD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BAB937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BAB937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB937

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB937	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)

#C8B121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.147 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd76',
    500: '#bab937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab937;
$custom-light: #d2cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.542,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76348,
    "c": 0.14655,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.45413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB937

secondary

#8585C8

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB937

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

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