#BAA031#BAA031

#BAA031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.129 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA031
RGB	rgb(186, 160, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -2.29, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 58.09, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0122 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.129 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3766, 35.8043, 8.0580)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA031 #314BBA

analogous

#BA5B31 #BAA031 #8FBA31

triadic

#BAA031 #31BAA0 #A031BA

tetradic

#BAA031 #31BA5B #314BBA #BA318F

square

#BAA031 #31BA5B #314BBA #BA318F

split-complementary

#BAA031 #318FBA #5B31BA

monochromatic

#594D17 #8A7624 #BAA031 #D2BB56 #DFCE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BAA031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BAA031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA031

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA031	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 160, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.129 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb71',
    500: '#baa031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa031;
$custom-light: #d3bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70936,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA031

secondary

#7E8CC9

accent

#64E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA031

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

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