#BABA59#BABA59

#BABA59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.120 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA59
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -13.27, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 50.30, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.039 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.12 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6127, 46.2792, 16.2953)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA59 #5959BA

analogous

#BA8A59 #BABA59 #8ABA59

triadic

#BABA59 #59BABA #BA59BA

tetradic

#BABA59 #59BA8A #5959BA #BA598A

square

#BABA59 #59BA8A #5959BA #BA598A

split-complementary

#BABA59 #598ABA #8A59BA

monochromatic

#6C6C2D #97973F #BABA59 #CCCC84 #DEDEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BABA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BABA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA59

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA59	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.120 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce8b',
    500: '#baba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba59;
$custom-light: #d1ce8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 41.277,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7689,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA59

secondary

#A3A3CC

accent

#57D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA59

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →