#BABD49#BABD49

#BABD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.138 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABD49
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -16.02, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 58.73, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0485 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.138 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6510, 47.3163, 13.3463)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABD49 #4C49BD

analogous

#BD8649 #BABD49 #80BD49

triadic

#BABD49 #49BABD #BD49BA

tetradic

#BABD49 #49BD86 #4C49BD #BD4980

square

#BABD49 #49BD86 #4C49BD #BD4980

split-complementary

#BABD49 #4980BD #8649BD

monochromatic

#656625 #919335 #BABD49 #CBCD76 #DCDEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BABD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BABD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABD49

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABD49	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.138 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d081',
    500: '#babd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babd49;
$custom-light: #d1d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.552,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77371,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABD49

secondary

#9997CA

accent

#51D655

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABD49

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

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