#BABE59#BABE59

#BABE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.125 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABE59
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -15.31, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 52.08, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0448 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.125 111)
XYZ	xyz(40.4672, 47.9882, 16.5802)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABE59 #5D59BE

analogous

#BE8F59 #BABE59 #88BE59

triadic

#BABE59 #59BABE #BE59BA

tetradic

#BABE59 #59BE8F #5D59BE #BE5988

square

#BABE59 #59BE8F #5D59BE #BE5988

split-complementary

#BABE59 #5988BE #8F59BE

monochromatic

#6E712C #999D3D #BABE59 #CCCF85 #DFE0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BABE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BABE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABE59

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABE59	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babe59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.125 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d18b',
    500: '#babe59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babe59;
$custom-light: #d1d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babe59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.376,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7776,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.47987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABE59

secondary

#A6A4CF

accent

#54D359

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABE59

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

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