#BABE57#BABE57

#BABE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.127 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABE57
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -15.47, 50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 53.00, 106.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.0455 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.127 111)
XYZ	xyz(40.3844, 47.9550, 16.1438)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABE57 #5B57BE

analogous

#BE8F57 #BABE57 #87BE57

triadic

#BABE57 #57BABE #BE57BA

tetradic

#BABE57 #57BE8F #5B57BE #BE5787

square

#BABE57 #57BE8F #5B57BE #BE5787

split-complementary

#BABE57 #5787BE #8F57BE

monochromatic

#6D6F2B #989C3C #BABE57 #CCCF83 #DEE0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BABE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BABE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABE57

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABE57	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babe57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.127 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d18a',
    500: '#babe57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babe57;
$custom-light: #d1d18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babe57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.33,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77736,
    "c": 0.12674,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.47954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABE57

secondary

#A4A3CE

accent

#54D459

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABE57

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

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