#BABE38#BABE38

#BABE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.151 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABE38
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -17.52, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 65.78, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0545 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.151 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3783, 47.5526, 10.8448)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABE38 #3C38BE

analogous

#BE7F38 #BABE38 #77BE38

triadic

#BABE38 #38BABE #BE38BA

tetradic

#BABE38 #38BE7F #3C38BE #BE3877

square

#BABE38 #38BE7F #3C38BE #BE3877

split-complementary

#BABE38 #3877BE #7F38BE

monochromatic

#5D5F1C #8C8F2A #BABE38 #CED162 #DCDF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BABE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BABE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABE38

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABE38	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.151 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d177',
    500: '#babe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babe38;
$custom-light: #d2d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.791,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77451,
    "c": 0.15099,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABE38

secondary

#8A88CA

accent

#4ADE4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABE38

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →