#BAA237#BAA237

#BAA237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.126 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA237
RGB	rgb(186, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -3.06, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 56.34, 93.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0138 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.126 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8613, 36.5574, 8.8864)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA237 #374FBA

analogous

#BA6137 #BAA237 #90BA37

triadic

#BAA237 #37BAA2 #A237BA

tetradic

#BAA237 #37BA61 #374FBA #BA3790

square

#BAA237 #37BA61 #374FBA #BA3790

split-complementary

#BAA237 #3790BA #6137BA

monochromatic

#5C501B #8B7929 #BAA237 #D0BB5F #DECF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BAA237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#BAA237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA237

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA237	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)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.126 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd74',
    500: '#baa237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa237;
$custom-light: #d2bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71403,
    "c": 0.12631,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA237

secondary

#8591C8

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA237

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

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