#BABC59#BABC59

#BABC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.123 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABC59
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -14.29, 49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 51.18, 106.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0419 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.123 110)
XYZ	xyz(40.0370, 47.1277, 16.4368)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABC59 #5B59BC

analogous

#BC8D59 #BABC59 #89BC59

triadic

#BABC59 #59BABC #BC59BA

tetradic

#BABC59 #59BC8D #5B59BC #BC5989

square

#BABC59 #59BC8D #5B59BC #BC5989

split-complementary

#BABC59 #5989BC #8D59BC

monochromatic

#6D6E2C #989A3E #BABC59 #CCCE85 #DEDFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BABC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BABC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABC59

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABC59	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.123 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d08b',
    500: '#babc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babc59;
$custom-light: #d1d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.212,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77324,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.47127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABC59

secondary

#A4A3CD

accent

#56D258

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABC59

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

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