#BABA5E#BABA5E

#BABA5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.115 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA5E
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 49.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -12.83, 46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 47.93, 105.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0372 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.115 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8299, 46.3660, 17.4389)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA5E #5E5EBA

analogous

#BA8C5E #BABA5E #8CBA5E

triadic

#BABA5E #5EBABA #BA5EBA

tetradic

#BABA5E #5EBA8C #5E5EBA #BA5E8C

square

#BABA5E #5EBA8C #5E5EBA #BA5E8C

split-complementary

#BABA5E #5E8CBA #8C5EBA

monochromatic

#6E6E2F #999942 #BABA5E #CCCC89 #DFDFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BABA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BABA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA5E

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA5E	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.115 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce8e',
    500: '#baba5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba5e;
$custom-light: #d1ce8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76953,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA5E

secondary

#A7A7CD

accent

#58D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA5E

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

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