#BABB47#BABB47
#BABB47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.137 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BABB47 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(186, 187, 71) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 46%, 51%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 62%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 62%, 26.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.83, -15.14, 56.75) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.83, 58.73, 104.94°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.92% -0.0463 0.1292) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.92% 0.137 109.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.1585, 46.4357, 12.8602) |
| Luminance | 0.4643 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.75
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.91
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.98
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 5.29
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 5.40
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 5.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BABB47 #4847BB
analogous
#BB8247 #BABB47 #80BB47
triadic
#BABB47 #47BABB #BB47BA
tetradic
#BABB47 #47BB82 #4847BB #BB4780
square
#BABB47 #47BB82 #4847BB #BB4780
split-complementary
#BABB47 #4780BB #8247BB
monochromatic
#626325 #8F9035 #BABB47 #CBCC74 #DCDCA0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.04
#BABB47 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.29
#BABB47 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BABB47
10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BABB47 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BABB47 | 1.00 | 2.04 | 10.29 | 10.29 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.04 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.29 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.29 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9B339
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB74E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C6B0A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #babb47; /* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 71); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.137 109.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d2cf80',
500: '#babb47',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #babb47; $custom-light: #d2cf80; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#babb47",
"rgb": {
"r": 186,
"g": 187,
"b": 71
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.517,
"s": 46.032,
"l": 50.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76915,
"c": 0.13721,
"h": 109.7
},
"luminance": 0.46435
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BABB47
secondary
#9695C9
accent
#52D653
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FAF9EF
border
#D3D2CA
text
#14130A
muted
#83827C