#BAA234#BAA234

#BAA234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.128 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA234
RGB	rgb(186, 162, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 72%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -3.22, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 57.52, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0145 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.128 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7916, 36.5295, 8.5191)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA234 #344CBA

analogous

#BA5F34 #BAA234 #8FBA34

triadic

#BAA234 #34BAA2 #A234BA

tetradic

#BAA234 #34BA5F #344CBA #BA348F

square

#BAA234 #34BA5F #344CBA #BA348F

split-complementary

#BAA234 #348FBA #5F34BA

monochromatic

#5A4F19 #8A7827 #BAA234 #D1BC5A #DECF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BAA234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#BAA234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA234

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA234	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 162, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.128 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd73',
    500: '#baa234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa234;
$custom-light: #d2bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7138,
    "c": 0.12832,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA234

secondary

#818EC8

accent

#63E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA234

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

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