#BABB55#BABB55

#BABB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.125 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABB55
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -14.11, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 52.59, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0418 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.125 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6607, 46.6366, 15.5051)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABB55 #5655BB

analogous

#BB8955 #BABB55 #87BB55

triadic

#BABB55 #55BABB #BB55BA

tetradic

#BABB55 #55BB89 #5655BB #BB5587

square

#BABB55 #55BB89 #5655BB #BB5587

split-complementary

#BABB55 #5587BB #8955BB

monochromatic

#6A6B2B #96973C #BABB55 #CCCC81 #DDDEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BABB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BABB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABB55

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABB55	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.125 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf88',
    500: '#babb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babb55;
$custom-light: #d1cf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.588,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7706,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABB55

secondary

#A0A0CC

accent

#55D356

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABB55

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

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