#BABB37#BABB37

#BABB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; 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	#BABB37
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -16.06, 62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 64.97, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0505 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.149 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7110, 46.2567, 10.5030)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABB37 #3837BB

analogous

#BB7A37 #BABB37 #78BB37

triadic

#BABB37 #37BABB #BB37BA

tetradic

#BABB37 #37BB7A #3837BB #BB3778

square

#BABB37 #37BB7A #3837BB #BB3778

split-complementary

#BABB37 #3778BB #7A37BB

monochromatic

#5C5C1B #8B8C29 #BABB37 #CFD05F #DDDE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BABB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BABB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABB37

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABB37	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)

#CAB320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babb37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.149 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf77',
    500: '#babb37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babb37;
$custom-light: #d2cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babb37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.455,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76786,
    "c": 0.14856,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABB37

secondary

#8685C9

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABB37

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

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