#BABB36#BABB36

#BABB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.149 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABB36
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -16.11, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 65.32, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0507 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.149 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6872, 46.2472, 10.3780)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABB36 #3736BB

analogous

#BB7936 #BABB36 #78BB36

triadic

#BABB36 #36BABB #BB36BA

tetradic

#BABB36 #36BB79 #3736BB #BB3678

square

#BABB36 #36BB79 #3736BB #BB3678

split-complementary

#BABB36 #3678BB #7936BB

monochromatic

#5C5C1B #8B8C28 #BABB36 #D0D05E #DEDE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BABB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BABB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABB36

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABB36	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)

#CAB31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babb36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.149 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf76',
    500: '#babb36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babb36;
$custom-light: #d2cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babb36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.451,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76779,
    "c": 0.14917,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABB36

secondary

#8584C9

accent

#49DF4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABB36

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

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