#BAA139#BAA139

#BAA139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.124 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA139
RGB	rgb(186, 161, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -2.42, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 55.23, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0117 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.124 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7348, 36.2260, 9.0855)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA139 #3952BA

analogous

#BA6039 #BAA139 #92BA39

triadic

#BAA139 #39BAA1 #A139BA

tetradic

#BAA139 #39BA60 #3952BA #BA3992

square

#BAA139 #39BA60 #3952BA #BA3992

split-complementary

#BAA139 #3992BA #6039BA

monochromatic

#5C501C #8B782B #BAA139 #CFBA61 #DDCE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BAA139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BAA139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA139

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA139	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)

#B19E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 161, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.124 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc75',
    500: '#baa139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa139;
$custom-light: #d2bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.372,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71209,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA139

secondary

#8793C8

accent

#67DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA139

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

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