#BABC38#BABC38

#BABC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.149 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABC38
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -16.52, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 65.00, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0517 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.149 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9480, 46.6921, 10.7014)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABC38 #3A38BC

analogous

#BC7C38 #BABC38 #78BC38

triadic

#BABC38 #38BABC #BC38BA

tetradic

#BABC38 #38BC7C #3A38BC #BC3878

square

#BABC38 #38BC7C #3A38BC #BC3878

split-complementary

#BABC38 #3878BC #7C38BC

monochromatic

#5D5E1C #8B8D2A #BABC38 #CED061 #DDDE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BABC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BABC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABC38

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABC38	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.149 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf77',
    500: '#babc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babc38;
$custom-light: #d2cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77012,
    "c": 0.14894,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABC38

secondary

#8887C9

accent

#4ADD4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABC38

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

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