#BABE23#BABE23

#BABE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.162 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABE23
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 82%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 81.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -18.37, 69.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 72.21, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0586 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.162 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9680, 47.3884, 8.6840)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABE23 #2723BE

analogous

#BE7423 #BABE23 #6DBE23

triadic

#BABE23 #23BABE #BE23BA

tetradic

#BABE23 #23BE74 #2723BE #BE236D

square

#BABE23 #23BE74 #2723BE #BE236D

split-complementary

#BABE23 #236DBE #7423BE

monochromatic

#555710 #878A19 #BABE23 #D8DC42 #E3E676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BABE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BABE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABE23

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABE23	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)

#CEB933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babe23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.162 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d16e',
    500: '#babe23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babe23;
$custom-light: #d3d16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babe23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.548,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77335,
    "c": 0.16178,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABE23

secondary

#7270CD

accent

#3CEC41

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABE23

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

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