#BAA151#BAA151

#BAA151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.104 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA151
RGB	rgb(186, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 56.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -0.81, 44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 44.45, 91.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0041 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.104 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4812, 36.5246, 13.0167)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA151 #516ABA

analogous

#BA6C51 #BAA151 #9FBA51

triadic

#BAA151 #51BAA1 #A151BA

tetradic

#BAA151 #51BA6C #516ABA #BA519F

square

#BAA151 #51BA6C #516ABA #BA519F

split-complementary

#BAA151 #519FBA #6C51BA

monochromatic

#685929 #937E3A #BAA151 #CBB97D #DDD0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BAA151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BAA151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA151

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA151	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.104 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bc84',
    500: '#baa151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa151;
$custom-light: #d1bc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71461,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA151

secondary

#9DA7CA

accent

#73D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA151

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

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