#BAA138#BAA138

#BAA138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.125 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA138
RGB	rgb(186, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -2.48, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 55.64, 92.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.012 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.125 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7100, 36.2161, 8.9554)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA138 #3851BA

analogous

#BA6038 #BAA138 #92BA38

triadic

#BAA138 #38BAA1 #A138BA

tetradic

#BAA138 #38BA60 #3851BA #BA3892

square

#BAA138 #38BA60 #3851BA #BA3892

split-complementary

#BAA138 #3892BA #6038BA

monochromatic

#5C501C #8B782A #BAA138 #CFBA60 #DDCE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BAA138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BAA138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA138

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA138	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)

#B19E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.125 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc75',
    500: '#baa138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa138;
$custom-light: #d2bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71201,
    "c": 0.12489,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA138

secondary

#8693C8

accent

#67DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA138

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

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