#BABA51#BABA51

#BABA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.128 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA51
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -13.92, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 53.97, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0417 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.128 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2949, 46.1520, 14.6213)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA51 #5151BA

analogous

#BA8651 #BABA51 #86BA51

triadic

#BABA51 #51BABA #BA51BA

tetradic

#BABA51 #51BA86 #5151BA #BA5186

square

#BABA51 #51BA86 #5151BA #BA5186

split-complementary

#BABA51 #5186BA #8651BA

monochromatic

#686829 #93933A #BABA51 #CBCB7D #DDDDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BABA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BABA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA51

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA51	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.128 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce86',
    500: '#baba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba51;
$custom-light: #d1ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76798,
    "c": 0.12773,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA51

secondary

#9D9DCA

accent

#55D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA51

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

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