#BABD21#BABD21

#BABD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.162 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABD21
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 33)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -17.93, 70.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 72.35, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0575 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.162 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7233, 46.9452, 8.4601)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABD21 #2421BD

analogous

#BD7221 #BABD21 #6CBD21

triadic

#BABD21 #21BABD #BD21BA

tetradic

#BABD21 #21BD72 #2421BD #BD216C

square

#BABD21 #21BD72 #2421BD #BD216C

split-complementary

#BABD21 #216CBD #7221BD

monochromatic

#53550F #878918 #BABD21 #DADD3E #E4E672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BABD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BABD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABD21

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABD21	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babd21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.162 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d06d',
    500: '#babd21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babd21;
$custom-light: #d3d06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babd21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.154,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77106,
    "c": 0.16159,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABD21

secondary

#6F6DCD

accent

#3BED3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABD21

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

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