#BABA22#BABA22

#BABA22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.158 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA22
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 81.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -16.40, 69.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 71.06, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0532 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.158 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0988, 45.6736, 8.3220)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA22 #2222BA

analogous

#BA6E22 #BABA22 #6EBA22

triadic

#BABA22 #22BABA #BA22BA

tetradic

#BABA22 #22BA6E #2222BA #BA226E

square

#BABA22 #22BA6E #2222BA #BA226E

split-complementary

#BABA22 #226EBA #6E22BA

monochromatic

#53530F #868619 #BABA22 #DCDC3E #E5E571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BABA22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BABA22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA22

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA22	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.158 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce6d',
    500: '#baba22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba22;
$custom-light: #d3ce6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7645,
    "c": 0.15833,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA22

secondary

#6C6CCC

accent

#3CEC3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA22

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

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