#BABE42#BABE42

#BABE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.144 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABE42
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -16.97, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 62.00, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.0519 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.144 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6477, 47.6603, 12.2640)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABE42 #4642BE

analogous

#BE8442 #BABE42 #7CBE42

triadic

#BABE42 #42BABE #BE42BA

tetradic

#BABE42 #42BE84 #4642BE #BE427C

square

#BABE42 #42BE84 #4642BE #BE427C

split-complementary

#BABE42 #427CBE #8442BE

monochromatic

#616322 #8E9132 #BABE42 #CBCE70 #DBDD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BABE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BABE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABE42

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABE42	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)

#CCB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babe42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.144 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d17d',
    500: '#babe42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babe42;
$custom-light: #d2d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babe42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77528,
    "c": 0.14421,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABE42

secondary

#9492CA

accent

#4FD854

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABE42

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

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