#BAA142#BAA142

#BAA142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.117 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA142
RGB	rgb(186, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -1.89, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 51.39, 92.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0091 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.117 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9795, 36.3239, 10.3746)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA142 #425BBA

analogous

#BA6542 #BAA142 #97BA42

triadic

#BAA142 #42BAA1 #A142BA

tetradic

#BAA142 #42BA65 #425BBA #BA4297

square

#BAA142 #42BA65 #425BBA #BA4297

split-complementary

#BAA142 #4297BA #6542BA

monochromatic

#605322 #8D7A32 #BAA142 #CBB86E #DBCE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BAA142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BAA142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA142

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA142	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.117 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc7b',
    500: '#baa142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa142;
$custom-light: #d2bc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71292,
    "c": 0.11736,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA142

secondary

#909CC8

accent

#6DD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA142

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

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