#BAA231#BAA231

#BAA231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.130 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA231
RGB	rgb(186, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -3.36, 58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 58.66, 93.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0153 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.13 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7261, 36.5033, 8.1745)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA231 #3149BA

analogous

#BA5D31 #BAA231 #8DBA31

triadic

#BAA231 #31BAA2 #A231BA

tetradic

#BAA231 #31BA5D #3149BA #BA318D

square

#BAA231 #31BA5D #3149BA #BA318D

split-complementary

#BAA231 #318DBA #5D31BA

monochromatic

#594E17 #8A7824 #BAA231 #D2BD56 #DFD086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BAA231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BAA231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA231

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA231	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)

#B39E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.130 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd71',
    500: '#baa231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa231;
$custom-light: #d3bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71358,
    "c": 0.13023,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA231

secondary

#7E8BC9

accent

#61E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA231

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

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