#BABA42#BABA42

#BABA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.140 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA42
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -14.95, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 60.38, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0463 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.14 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7932, 45.9514, 11.9792)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA42 #4242BA

analogous

#BA7E42 #BABA42 #7EBA42

triadic

#BABA42 #42BABA #BA42BA

tetradic

#BABA42 #42BA7E #4242BA #BA427E

square

#BABA42 #42BA7E #4242BA #BA427E

split-complementary

#BABA42 #427EBA #7E42BA

monochromatic

#606022 #8D8D32 #BABA42 #CBCB6E #DBDB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BABA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BABA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA42

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA42	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)

#C8B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.140 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce7d',
    500: '#baba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba42;
$custom-light: #d2ce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76652,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA42

secondary

#9090C8

accent

#51D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA42

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

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