#BAA22D#BAA22D

#BAA22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.133 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA22D
RGB	rgb(186, 162, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 75.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -3.54, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 60.11, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0162 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.133 97)
XYZ	xyz(33.6454, 36.4710, 7.7495)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA22D #2D45BA

analogous

#BA5B2D #BAA22D #8CBA2D

triadic

#BAA22D #2DBAA2 #A22DBA

tetradic

#BAA22D #2DBA5B #2D45BA #BA2D8C

square

#BAA22D #2DBA5B #2D45BA #BA2D8C

split-complementary

#BAA22D #2D8CBA #5B2DBA

monochromatic

#574C15 #897721 #BAA22D #D5BE50 #E0D081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BAA22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#BAA22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA22D

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA22D	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 162, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.133 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd6f',
    500: '#baa22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa22d;
$custom-light: #d3bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71331,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.36469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA22D

secondary

#7987C9

accent

#5FE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA22D

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

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