#BABE79#BABE79

#BABE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.091 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABE79
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 121)
HSL	hsl(63, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 36.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -12.05, 34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 36.46, 109.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0327 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.091 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1147, 48.6471, 25.2567)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABE79 #7D79BE

analogous

#BE9F79 #BABE79 #97BE79

triadic

#BABE79 #79BABE #BE79BA

tetradic

#BABE79 #79BE9F #7D79BE #BE7997

square

#BABE79 #79BE9F #7D79BE #BE7997

split-complementary

#BABE79 #7997BE #9F79BE

monochromatic

#7B7F3E #A3A852 #BABE79 #CFD2A2 #E4E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BABE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BABE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABE79

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABE79	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babe79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.091 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1a0',
    500: '#babe79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babe79;
$custom-light: #d0d1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babe79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.478,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78224,
    "c": 0.09066,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABE79

secondary

#BEBCD6

accent

#38AE3F

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABE79

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

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