#BABB57#BABB57

#BABB57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.123 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABB57
RGB	rgb(186, 187, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -13.95, 49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 51.67, 105.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0412 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.123 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7413, 46.6688, 15.9295)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABB57 #5857BB

analogous

#BB8A57 #BABB57 #88BB57

triadic

#BABB57 #57BABB #BB57BA

tetradic

#BABB57 #57BB8A #5857BB #BB5788

square

#BABB57 #57BB8A #5857BB #BB5788

split-complementary

#BABB57 #5788BB #8A57BB

monochromatic

#6B6C2C #97973D #BABB57 #CCCD83 #DEDEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BABB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BABB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABB57

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABB57	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)

#C8B44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 187, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.123 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf89',
    500: '#babb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babb57;
$custom-light: #d1cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.6,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77083,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABB57

secondary

#A2A2CC

accent

#56D257

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABB57

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

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