#BAA038#BAA038

#BAA038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.124 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA038
RGB	rgb(186, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -1.94, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 55.35, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0104 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.124 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5360, 35.8680, 8.8974)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA038 #3852BA

analogous

#BA5F38 #BAA038 #93BA38

triadic

#BAA038 #38BAA0 #A038BA

tetradic

#BAA038 #38BA5F #3852BA #BA3893

square

#BAA038 #38BA5F #3852BA #BA3893

split-complementary

#BAA038 #3893BA #5F38BA

monochromatic

#5C4F1C #8B782A #BAA038 #CFB960 #DDCE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BAA038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BAA038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA038

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA038	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)

#B09D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.124 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb75',
    500: '#baa038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa038;
$custom-light: #d2bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7099,
    "c": 0.12419,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA038

secondary

#8693C8

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA038

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

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