#BABA37#BABA37

#BABA37 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 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA37
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -15.56, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 64.59, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0491 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.148 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4996, 45.8339, 10.4325)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA37 #3737BA

analogous

#BA7937 #BABA37 #79BA37

triadic

#BABA37 #37BABA #BA37BA

tetradic

#BABA37 #37BA79 #3737BA #BA3779

square

#BABA37 #37BA79 #3737BA #BA3779

split-complementary

#BABA37 #3779BA #7937BA

monochromatic

#5C5C1B #8B8B29 #BABA37 #D0D05F #DEDE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BABA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BABA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA37

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA37	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.148 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce77',
    500: '#baba37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba37;
$custom-light: #d2ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76567,
    "c": 0.14754,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA37

secondary

#8585C8

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA37

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

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