#BAA037#BAA037

#BAA037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.125 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA037
RGB	rgb(186, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -1.99, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 55.75, 92.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0107 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.125 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5118, 35.8584, 8.7699)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA037 #3751BA

analogous

#BA5F37 #BAA037 #92BA37

triadic

#BAA037 #37BAA0 #A037BA

tetradic

#BAA037 #37BA5F #3751BA #BA3792

square

#BAA037 #37BA5F #3751BA #BA3792

split-complementary

#BAA037 #3792BA #5F37BA

monochromatic

#5C4F1B #8B7729 #BAA037 #D0B95F #DECE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BAA037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BAA037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA037

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA037	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)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.125 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb74',
    500: '#baa037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa037;
$custom-light: #d2bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70982,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA037

secondary

#8592C8

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA037

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

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