#BABA2E#BABA2E

#BABA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.153 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA2E
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -15.97, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 67.64, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.051 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.153 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3032, 45.7553, 9.3982)
Luminance	0.4575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA2E #2E2EBA

analogous

#BA742E #BABA2E #74BA2E

triadic

#BABA2E #2EBABA #BA2EBA

tetradic

#BABA2E #2EBA74 #2E2EBA #BA2E74

square

#BABA2E #2EBA74 #2E2EBA #BA2E74

split-complementary

#BABA2E #2E74BA #742EBA

monochromatic

#585816 #898922 #BABA2E #D4D451 #E0E082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BABA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BABA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA2E

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA2E	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B20B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.153 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ce72',
    500: '#baba2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba2e;
$custom-light: #d3ce72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7651,
    "c": 0.15275,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA2E

secondary

#7B7BC9

accent

#44E344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA2E

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

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