#BAB938#BAB938

#BAB938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.146 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB938
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -15.00, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 63.84, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0474 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.146 109)
XYZ	xyz(38.3138, 45.4237, 10.4900)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB938 #3839BA

analogous

#BA7838 #BAB938 #7ABA38

triadic

#BAB938 #38BAB9 #B938BA

tetradic

#BAB938 #38BA78 #3839BA #BA387A

square

#BAB938 #38BA78 #3839BA #BA387A

split-complementary

#BAB938 #387ABA #7838BA

monochromatic

#5C5B1C #8B8A2A #BAB938 #CFCE60 #DDDD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BAB938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BAB938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB938

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB938	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)

#C8B122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.146 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd77',
    500: '#bab938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab938;
$custom-light: #d2cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.538,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76355,
    "c": 0.14591,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.45423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB938

secondary

#8686C8

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB938

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

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