#BABA57#BABA57

#BABA57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.122 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA57
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 53.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -13.44, 49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 51.23, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0397 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.122 109)
XYZ	xyz(39.5299, 46.2460, 15.8590)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA57 #5757BA

analogous

#BA8857 #BABA57 #88BA57

triadic

#BABA57 #57BABA #BA57BA

tetradic

#BABA57 #57BA88 #5757BA #BA5788

square

#BABA57 #57BA88 #5757BA #BA5788

split-complementary

#BABA57 #5788BA #8857BA

monochromatic

#6B6B2C #96963E #BABA57 #CCCC82 #DEDEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BABA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BABA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA57

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA57	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.122 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce89',
    500: '#baba57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba57;
$custom-light: #d1ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76866,
    "c": 0.12221,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.46245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA57

secondary

#A1A1CC

accent

#56D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA57

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

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