#BABA40#BABA40

#BABA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.141 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA40
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -15.07, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 61.18, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0468 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.141 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7353, 45.9282, 11.6741)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA40 #4040BA

analogous

#BA7D40 #BABA40 #7DBA40

triadic

#BABA40 #40BABA #BA40BA

tetradic

#BABA40 #40BA7D #4040BA #BA407D

square

#BABA40 #40BA7D #4040BA #BA407D

split-complementary

#BABA40 #407DBA #7D40BA

monochromatic

#5F5F21 #8C8C30 #BABA40 #CCCC6B #DCDC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BABA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BABA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA40

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA40	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.141 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce7b',
    500: '#baba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba40;
$custom-light: #d2ce7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76635,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA40

secondary

#8E8EC8

accent

#4FD84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA40

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

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