#BABE55#BABE55

#BABE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.129 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABE55
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -15.64, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 53.91, 106.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0462 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.129 111)
XYZ	xyz(40.3038, 47.9228, 15.7195)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABE55 #5955BE

analogous

#BE8E55 #BABE55 #86BE55

triadic

#BABE55 #55BABE #BE55BA

tetradic

#BABE55 #55BE8E #5955BE #BE5586

square

#BABE55 #55BE8E #5955BE #BE5586

split-complementary

#BABE55 #5586BE #8E55BE

monochromatic

#6C6E2A #979B3B #BABE55 #CCCF81 #DEE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BABE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BABE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABE55

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABE55	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babe55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.129 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d188',
    500: '#babe55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babe55;
$custom-light: #d1d188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babe55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.286,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77714,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.47922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABE55

secondary

#A3A1CE

accent

#53D458

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABE55

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

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