#BAA233#BAA233

#BAA233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.129 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA233
RGB	rgb(186, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -3.26, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 57.90, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0148 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.129 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7693, 36.5206, 8.4018)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA233 #334BBA

analogous

#BA5F33 #BAA233 #8FBA33

triadic

#BAA233 #33BAA2 #A233BA

tetradic

#BAA233 #33BA5F #334BBA #BA338F

square

#BAA233 #33BA5F #334BBA #BA338F

split-complementary

#BAA233 #338FBA #5F33BA

monochromatic

#5A4E19 #8A7826 #BAA233 #D1BC59 #DFCF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BAA233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BAA233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA233

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA233	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)

#B39E21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.129 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd72',
    500: '#baa233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa233;
$custom-light: #d3bd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71372,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA233

secondary

#808DC9

accent

#63E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA233

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

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