#BAA137#BAA137

#BAA137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.126 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA137
RGB	rgb(186, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -2.53, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 56.04, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0122 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.126 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6858, 36.2065, 8.8279)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA137 #3750BA

analogous

#BA6037 #BAA137 #91BA37

triadic

#BAA137 #37BAA1 #A137BA

tetradic

#BAA137 #37BA60 #3750BA #BA3791

square

#BAA137 #37BA60 #3750BA #BA3791

split-complementary

#BAA137 #3791BA #6037BA

monochromatic

#5C4F1B #8B7829 #BAA137 #D0BA5F #DECE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BAA137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BAA137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA137

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA137	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.126 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc74',
    500: '#baa137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa137;
$custom-light: #d2bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71192,
    "c": 0.12559,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA137

secondary

#8592C8

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA137

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

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