#BABD36#BABD36

#BABD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.151 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABD36
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -17.12, 63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 66.09, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0535 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.151 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1145, 47.1017, 10.5204)
Luminance	0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABD36 #3936BD

analogous

#BD7C36 #BABD36 #77BD36

triadic

#BABD36 #36BABD #BD36BA

tetradic

#BABD36 #36BD7C #3936BD #BD3677

square

#BABD36 #36BD7C #3936BD #BD3677

split-complementary

#BABD36 #3677BD #7C36BD

monochromatic

#5C5E1B #8B8D28 #BABD36 #CFD15F #DDDF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BABD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BABD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABD36

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABD36	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.151 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d076',
    500: '#babd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babd36;
$custom-light: #d2d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77218,
    "c": 0.1512,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABD36

secondary

#8785C9

accent

#49DF4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABD36

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

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