#BAA049#BAA049

#BAA049 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.111 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA049
RGB	rgb(186, 160, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -0.88, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 47.91, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0053 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.111 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0246, 36.0635, 11.4708)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA049 #4963BA

analogous

#BA6749 #BAA049 #9BBA49

triadic

#BAA049 #49BAA0 #A049BA

tetradic

#BAA049 #49BA67 #4963BA #BA499B

square

#BAA049 #49BA67 #4963BA #BA499B

split-complementary

#BAA049 #499BBA #6749BA

monochromatic

#635526 #8F7B36 #BAA049 #CBB775 #DCCEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BAA049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BAA049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA049

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA049	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 160, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.111 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb7f',
    500: '#baa049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa049;
$custom-light: #d2bb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.195,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71156,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA049

secondary

#96A2C8

accent

#71D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA049

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

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