#BABD38#BABD38

#BABD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.150 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABD38
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -17.02, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 65.38, 105.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0531 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.15 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1624, 47.1209, 10.7729)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABD38 #3B38BD

analogous

#BD7D38 #BABD38 #78BD38

triadic

#BABD38 #38BABD #BD38BA

tetradic

#BABD38 #38BD7D #3B38BD #BD3878

square

#BABD38 #38BD7D #3B38BD #BD3878

split-complementary

#BABD38 #3878BD #7D38BD

monochromatic

#5D5F1C #8C8E2A #BABD38 #CED062 #DDDE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BABD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BABD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABD38

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABD38	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)

#CCB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.150 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d077',
    500: '#babd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babd38;
$custom-light: #d2d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.353,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77232,
    "c": 0.14996,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABD38

secondary

#8987C9

accent

#4ADE4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABD38

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

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