#BABA38#BABA38

#BABA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.147 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA38
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -15.51, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 64.22, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0488 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.147 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5238, 45.8436, 10.5600)
Luminance	0.4584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA38 #3838BA

analogous

#BA7938 #BABA38 #79BA38

triadic

#BABA38 #38BABA #BA38BA

tetradic

#BABA38 #38BA79 #3838BA #BA3879

square

#BABA38 #38BA79 #3838BA #BA3879

split-complementary

#BABA38 #3879BA #7938BA

monochromatic

#5C5C1C #8B8B2A #BABA38 #CFCF60 #DDDD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BABA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BABA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA38

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA38	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)

#C9B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.147 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce77',
    500: '#baba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba38;
$custom-light: #d2ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76574,
    "c": 0.14691,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA38

secondary

#8686C8

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA38

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

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