#BABA74#BABA74

#BABA74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.091 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA74
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 116)
HSL	hsl(60, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 37.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -10.58, 35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 37.05, 106.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0288 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.092 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9615, 46.8187, 23.3987)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA74 #7474BA

analogous

#BA9774 #BABA74 #97BA74

triadic

#BABA74 #74BABA #BA74BA

tetradic

#BABA74 #74BA97 #7474BA #BA7497

square

#BABA74 #74BA97 #7474BA #BA7497

split-complementary

#BABA74 #7497BA #9774BA

monochromatic

#78783C #A1A150 #BABA74 #CECE9D #E3E3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BABA74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BABA74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA74

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA74	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B56F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.091 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ce9d',
    500: '#baba74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba74;
$custom-light: #d0ce9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 33.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77279,
    "c": 0.0915,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA74

secondary

#B7B7D3

accent

#5ECA5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA74

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

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