#BABB38#BABB38

#BABB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.148 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABB38
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -16.01, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 64.61, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0503 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.148 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7352, 46.2664, 10.6305)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABB38 #3938BB

analogous

#BB7A38 #BABB38 #78BB38

triadic

#BABB38 #38BABB #BB38BA

tetradic

#BABB38 #38BB7A #3938BB #BB3878

square

#BABB38 #38BB7A #3938BB #BB3878

split-complementary

#BABB38 #3878BB #7A38BB

monochromatic

#5C5D1C #8B8C2A #BABB38 #CFD061 #DDDE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BABB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BABB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABB38

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABB38	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)

#CAB322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.148 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf77',
    500: '#babb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babb38;
$custom-light: #d2cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76793,
    "c": 0.14792,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABB38

secondary

#8786C8

accent

#4BDD4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABB38

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

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