#BAA036#BAA036

#BAA036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.126 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA036
RGB	rgb(186, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -2.05, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 56.15, 92.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.011 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.126 95)
XYZ	xyz(33.4881, 35.8489, 8.6449)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA036 #3650BA

analogous

#BA5E36 #BAA036 #92BA36

triadic

#BAA036 #36BAA0 #A036BA

tetradic

#BAA036 #36BA5E #3650BA #BA3692

square

#BAA036 #36BA5E #3650BA #BA3692

split-complementary

#BAA036 #3692BA #5E36BA

monochromatic

#5B4E1A #8B7728 #BAA036 #D0B95D #DECE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BAA036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BAA036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA036

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA036	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.126 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb73',
    500: '#baa036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa036;
$custom-light: #d2bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70974,
    "c": 0.12556,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.35847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA036

secondary

#8491C8

accent

#67DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA036

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

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