#BABE40#BABE40

#BABE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.146 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABE40
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -17.09, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 62.79, 105.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0525 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.146 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5898, 47.6372, 11.9589)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABE40 #4440BE

analogous

#BE8340 #BABE40 #7BBE40

triadic

#BABE40 #40BABE #BE40BA

tetradic

#BABE40 #40BE83 #4440BE #BE407B

square

#BABE40 #40BE83 #4440BE #BE407B

split-complementary

#BABE40 #407BBE #8340BE

monochromatic

#606221 #8D9031 #BABE40 #CBCE6D #DBDD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BABE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BABE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABE40

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABE40	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babe40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.146 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d17c',
    500: '#babe40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babe40;
$custom-light: #d2d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babe40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.905,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77511,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABE40

secondary

#9290C9

accent

#4FD953

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABE40

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

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