#BABE21#BABE21

#BABE21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.163 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABE21
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 82.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -18.43, 70.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 72.71, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0589 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.163 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9391, 47.3769, 8.5320)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABE21 #2521BE

analogous

#BE7321 #BABE21 #6BBE21

triadic

#BABE21 #21BABE #BE21BA

tetradic

#BABE21 #21BE73 #2521BE #BE216B

square

#BABE21 #21BE73 #2521BE #BE216B

split-complementary

#BABE21 #216BBE #7321BE

monochromatic

#54560F #878A18 #BABE21 #DADE3F #E4E773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BABE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BABE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABE21

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABE21	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babe21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.163 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d16d',
    500: '#babe21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babe21;
$custom-light: #d3d16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babe21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.529,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77326,
    "c": 0.16256,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABE21

secondary

#706DCD

accent

#3BED3F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABE21

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

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