#BABA2A#BABA2A

#BABA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.155 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA2A
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -16.12, 66.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 68.87, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0518 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.155 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2280, 45.7253, 9.0022)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA2A #2A2ABA

analogous

#BA722A #BABA2A #72BA2A

triadic

#BABA2A #2ABABA #BA2ABA

tetradic

#BABA2A #2ABA72 #2A2ABA #BA2A72

square

#BABA2A #2ABA72 #2A2ABA #BA2A72

split-complementary

#BABA2A #2A72BA #722ABA

monochromatic

#565613 #88881F #BABA2A #D6D64B #E2E27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BABA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#BABA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA2A

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA2A	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.155 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce70',
    500: '#baba2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba2a;
$custom-light: #d3ce70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76488,
    "c": 0.15479,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA2A

secondary

#7676CA

accent

#42E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA2A

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

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