#BABB3B#BABB3B

#BABB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.146 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABB3B
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -15.86, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 63.50, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0495 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.146 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8107, 46.2966, 11.0285)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABB3B #3C3BBB

analogous

#BB7C3B #BABB3B #7ABB3B

triadic

#BABB3B #3BBABB #BB3BBA

tetradic

#BABB3B #3BBB7C #3C3BBB #BB3B7A

square

#BABB3B #3BBB7C #3C3BBB #BB3B7A

split-complementary

#BABB3B #3B7ABB #7C3BBB

monochromatic

#5D5E1E #8C8C2C #BABB3B #CECE65 #DCDD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BABB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BABB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABB3B

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABB3B	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babb3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.146 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf79',
    500: '#babb3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babb3b;
$custom-light: #d2cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babb3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.469,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76815,
    "c": 0.14597,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABB3B

secondary

#8A8AC8

accent

#4CDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABB3B

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

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