#BAB939#BAB939

#BAB939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.145 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB939
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -14.95, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 63.47, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0472 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.145 109)
XYZ	xyz(38.3385, 45.4336, 10.6201)
Luminance	0.4543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB939 #393ABA

analogous

#BA7939 #BAB939 #7ABA39

triadic

#BAB939 #39BAB9 #B939BA

tetradic

#BAB939 #39BA79 #393ABA #BA397A

square

#BAB939 #39BA79 #393ABA #BA397A

split-complementary

#BAB939 #397ABA #7939BA

monochromatic

#5C5C1C #8B8A2B #BAB939 #CFCE61 #DDDC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BAB939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BAB939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB939

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB939	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.145 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd77',
    500: '#bab939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab939;
$custom-light: #d2cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76362,
    "c": 0.14527,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.45432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB939

secondary

#8787C8

accent

#4CDC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB939

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

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