#BABC21#BABC21

#BABC21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.161 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABC21
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 33)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -17.43, 69.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 72.00, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0561 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.161 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5089, 46.5165, 8.3886)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABC21 #2321BC

analogous

#BC7021 #BABC21 #6CBC21

triadic

#BABC21 #21BABC #BC21BA

tetradic

#BABC21 #21BC70 #2321BC #BC216C

square

#BABC21 #21BC70 #2321BC #BC216C

split-complementary

#BABC21 #216CBC #7021BC

monochromatic

#53540F #868818 #BABC21 #DBDD3D #E5E671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BABC21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BABC21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABC21

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABC21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABC21	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babc21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.161 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf6d',
    500: '#babc21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babc21;
$custom-light: #d3cf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babc21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.774,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76886,
    "c": 0.16062,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABC21

secondary

#6D6CCD

accent

#3BED3D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABC21

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

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