#BABE49#BABE49

#BABE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.139 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABE49
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -16.52, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 59.15, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0499 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.139 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8669, 47.7480, 13.4182)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABE49 #4D49BE

analogous

#BE8849 #BABE49 #80BE49

triadic

#BABE49 #49BABE #BE49BA

tetradic

#BABE49 #49BE88 #4D49BE #BE4980

square

#BABE49 #49BE88 #4D49BE #BE4980

split-complementary

#BABE49 #4980BE #8849BE

monochromatic

#656825 #919535 #BABE49 #CBCE76 #DCDEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BABE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BABE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABE49

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABE49	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babe49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.139 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d181',
    500: '#babe49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babe49;
$custom-light: #d1d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babe49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.051,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7759,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABE49

secondary

#9998CB

accent

#51D755

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABE49

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

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