#BABB40#BABB40

#BABB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.142 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABB40
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -15.58, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 61.58, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0482 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.143 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9467, 46.3510, 11.7445)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABB40 #4140BB

analogous

#BB7F40 #BABB40 #7DBB40

triadic

#BABB40 #40BABB #BB40BA

tetradic

#BABB40 #40BB7F #4140BB #BB407D

square

#BABB40 #40BB7F #4140BB #BB407D

split-complementary

#BABB40 #407DBB #7F40BB

monochromatic

#5F6021 #8D8D30 #BABB40 #CCCD6C #DCDC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BABB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BABB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABB40

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABB40	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.142 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf7b',
    500: '#babb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babb40;
$custom-light: #d2cf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.488,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76854,
    "c": 0.1425,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABB40

secondary

#8F8FC8

accent

#4FD950

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABB40

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

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