#BAA042#BAA042

#BAA042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.117 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA042
RGB	rgb(186, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, -1.35, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 51.08, 91.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0075 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.117 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8055, 35.9758, 10.3166)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA042 #425CBA

analogous

#BA6442 #BAA042 #98BA42

triadic

#BAA042 #42BAA0 #A042BA

tetradic

#BAA042 #42BA64 #425CBA #BA4298

square

#BAA042 #42BA64 #425CBA #BA4298

split-complementary

#BAA042 #4298BA #6442BA

monochromatic

#605222 #8D7932 #BAA042 #CBB76E #DBCD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BAA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BAA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA042

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA042	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)

#B09D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.117 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb7a',
    500: '#baa042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa042;
$custom-light: #d2bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71082,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA042

secondary

#909CC8

accent

#6ED751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA042

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

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