#BABA72#BABA72

#BABA72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.094 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA72
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 38.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -10.80, 36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 38.06, 106.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0296 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.094 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8464, 46.7726, 22.7926)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA72 #7272BA

analogous

#BA9672 #BABA72 #96BA72

triadic

#BABA72 #72BABA #BA72BA

tetradic

#BABA72 #72BA96 #7272BA #BA7296

square

#BABA72 #72BA96 #7272BA #BA7296

split-complementary

#BABA72 #7296BA #9672BA

monochromatic

#77773A #A0A04E #BABA72 #CECE9B #E2E2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BABA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BABA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA72

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA72	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B46D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.094 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ce9b',
    500: '#baba72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba72;
$custom-light: #d0ce9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 34.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77246,
    "c": 0.09381,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA72

secondary

#B6B6D2

accent

#5DCA5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA72

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

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