#BABA3B#BABA3B

#BABA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.145 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA3B
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -15.35, 61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 63.11, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0481 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.145 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5993, 45.8738, 10.9581)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA3B #3B3BBA

analogous

#BA7A3B #BABA3B #7ABA3B

triadic

#BABA3B #3BBABA #BA3BBA

tetradic

#BABA3B #3BBA7A #3B3BBA #BA3B7A

square

#BABA3B #3BBA7A #3B3BBA #BA3B7A

split-complementary

#BABA3B #3B7ABA #7A3BBA

monochromatic

#5D5D1E #8C8C2C #BABA3B #CECE64 #DDDD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BABA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BABA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA3B

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA3B	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	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)

#C9B227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.145 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce79',
    500: '#baba3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba3b;
$custom-light: #d2ce79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76596,
    "c": 0.14495,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA3B

secondary

#8989C8

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA3B

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

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