#BABA52#BABA52

#BABA52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.127 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA52
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -13.84, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 53.52, 104.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0414 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.127 109)
XYZ	xyz(39.3327, 46.1671, 14.8202)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA52 #5252BA

analogous

#BA8652 #BABA52 #86BA52

triadic

#BABA52 #52BABA #BA52BA

tetradic

#BABA52 #52BA86 #5252BA #BA5286

square

#BABA52 #52BA86 #5252BA #BA5286

split-complementary

#BABA52 #5286BA #8652BA

monochromatic

#68682A #94943B #BABA52 #CBCB7E #DDDDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BABA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BABA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA52

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA52	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)

#C7B347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.127 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce86',
    500: '#baba52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba52;
$custom-light: #d1ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76809,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.46166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA52

secondary

#9D9DCA

accent

#55D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA52

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

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