#BAA040#BAA040

#BAA040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.118 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA040
RGB	rgb(186, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -1.48, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 51.96, 91.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0082 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.118 94)
XYZ	xyz(33.7475, 35.9527, 10.0115)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA040 #405ABA

analogous

#BA6340 #BAA040 #97BA40

triadic

#BAA040 #40BAA0 #A040BA

tetradic

#BAA040 #40BA63 #405ABA #BA4097

square

#BAA040 #40BA63 #405ABA #BA4097

split-complementary

#BAA040 #4097BA #6340BA

monochromatic

#5F5221 #8C7930 #BAA040 #CCB76B #DCCD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BAA040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BAA040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA040

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA040	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.118 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb79',
    500: '#baa040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa040;
$custom-light: #d2bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71062,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.35951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA040

secondary

#8E9AC8

accent

#6DD84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA040

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →