#BABA55#BABA55

#BABA55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.124 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA55
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -13.60, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 52.15, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0404 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.124 109)
XYZ	xyz(39.4493, 46.2138, 15.4346)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA55 #5555BA

analogous

#BA8755 #BABA55 #87BA55

triadic

#BABA55 #55BABA #BA55BA

tetradic

#BABA55 #55BA87 #5555BA #BA5587

square

#BABA55 #55BA87 #5555BA #BA5587

split-complementary

#BABA55 #5587BA #8755BA

monochromatic

#6A6A2B #95953D #BABA55 #CCCC81 #DDDDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BABA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BABA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA55

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA55	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.124 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce88',
    500: '#baba55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba55;
$custom-light: #d1ce88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76843,
    "c": 0.12409,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.46213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA55

secondary

#A0A0CB

accent

#56D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA55

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

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