#BAA232#BAA232

#BAA232 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	#BAA232
RGB	rgb(186, 162, 50)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 73.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -3.31, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 58.28, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.015 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.13 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7475, 36.5118, 8.2869)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA232 #324ABA

analogous

#BA5E32 #BAA232 #8EBA32

triadic

#BAA232 #32BAA2 #A232BA

tetradic

#BAA232 #32BA5E #324ABA #BA328E

square

#BAA232 #32BA5E #324ABA #BA328E

split-complementary

#BAA232 #328EBA #5E32BA

monochromatic

#5A4E18 #8A7825 #BAA232 #D2BC57 #DFCF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BAA232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BAA232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA232

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA232	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)

#B39E20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 162, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.130 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd71',
    500: '#baa232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa232;
$custom-light: #d3bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71365,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA232

secondary

#7F8CC9

accent

#62E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA232

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

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