#BABA36#BABA36

#BABA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.148 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA36
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -15.61, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 64.94, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0493 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.148 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4758, 45.8244, 10.3075)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA36 #3636BA

analogous

#BA7836 #BABA36 #78BA36

triadic

#BABA36 #36BABA #BA36BA

tetradic

#BABA36 #36BA78 #3636BA #BA3678

square

#BABA36 #36BA78 #3636BA #BA3678

split-complementary

#BABA36 #3678BA #7836BA

monochromatic

#5B5B1A #8B8B28 #BABA36 #D0D05D #DEDE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BABA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BABA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA36

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA36	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B21E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.148 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce76',
    500: '#baba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba36;
$custom-light: #d2ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7656,
    "c": 0.14817,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA36

secondary

#8484C8

accent

#49DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA36

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

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