#BABD37#BABD37

#BABD37 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	#BABD37
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -17.07, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 65.74, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0533 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.151 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1382, 47.1112, 10.6454)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABD37 #3A37BD

analogous

#BD7D37 #BABD37 #77BD37

triadic

#BABD37 #37BABD #BD37BA

tetradic

#BABD37 #37BD7D #3A37BD #BD3777

square

#BABD37 #37BD7D #3A37BD #BD3777

split-complementary

#BABD37 #3777BD #7D37BD

monochromatic

#5D5E1B #8B8E29 #BABD37 #CED160 #DDDF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BABD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BABD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABD37

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABD37	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	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)

#CCB51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.151 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d077',
    500: '#babd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babd37;
$custom-light: #d2d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.343,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77225,
    "c": 0.15059,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABD37

secondary

#8886C9

accent

#4ADE4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABD37

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

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